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The BJP will contest 17 stand seeking a better bargain alliance with the NDA, the and Krishna as mythical fig- of the 40 seats in the State. from the BJP after the exit of JD(U) had contested 2014 Lok ures. “The youths should make While the BJP and the Upendra Kushwaha-led RLSP Sabha polls alone. Following its people aware that if anyone can JD(U) had already agreed to from the ruling alliance. poor performance, it forged the do this work it is our party,” contest equal number of seats, Shah said all allies will “mahagathbandhan” with the Yogi said while responding to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and but till the LJP mounted pres- soon decide on distribution of RJD and the Congress and the the slogans raised by young Governor Ram Naik at Yuva Kumbh in sure, there were indication that Lok Sabha constituencies alliance achieved a handsome participants from across the Lucknow on Sunday Pioneer the BJP wanted the junior part- among them for fielding their victory in 2015 Bihar Assembly country who congregated for ner to agree to contest 4-5 seats candidates in 2019. polls. Nitish, who had in the the Yuva Kumbh at the Smriti However, he warned, that if this only. However, the LJP clinched Paswan, whose son Chirag meanwhile taken over as the Upvan on Sunday. energy was used in a negative a good bargain as besides the had created a flutter with his JD(U) president, walked out of At the start of the speech by manner it could drag the coun- six seats it will get to contest, comments seen as critical of the the alliance last year following the Chief Minister, the youths try to the lowest levels. Yogi party chief Ram Vilas Paswan BJP and the Central corruption allegations against assembled there shouted: “The asked youths to take the mes- will also be sent to the Rajya Government, on Sunday Tejashvi, his then deputy. vote will go to the party which sage of Kumbh to different Sabah as a NDA nominee. claimed there was never a The JD(U) chief stitched a gets the temple constructed.” parts of the country. He said The present strength of problem in the alliance as he BJP president Amit Shah with JD(U) chief and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Union Minister and LJP president Ram Vilas new alliance with the BJP, The Chief Minister also Kumbh was symbolic of unity the BJP in Bihar is 22, while the has nurtured the “NDA tree” Paswan with his son Chirag Paswan before a meeting at Shah’s residence in New Delhi on Sunday Pioneer photo which had been smarting cautioned youths against peo- of the culture that existed in the JD(U) has only two member in for five years under Modi’s under its humiliating defeat in ple who were conspiring country. Recalling the words of the Lok Sabha. The LJP had leadership. A Government 32 of the 40 seats in Bihar in Sabha, Nitish Kumar said it is Mahagathbandhan, Tejashwi the Assembly polls. The grand against the country. “Be wary a former Chief Minister of contested seven seats in the under Modi will be formed 2009 even though results across a recognition to his long service claimed that the BJP gave in to alliance, of which the RJD is the of people who are scripting Kerala, Yogi said the former 2014 polls and barring one, all again, he said. the country had gone against it. to the country and also thanked arm-twisting by Nitish and largest constituent, was left conspiracies against the coun- Chief Minister had expressed its candidates had won. The Dalit leader also “This time we will do better the BJP for the decision. Paswan. His remark was a ref- truncated and it suffered set- try,” he said. Calling upon that if the country did not have BJP’s decimation in seat thanked Finance Minister than that,” he said. He was a Paswan is a nine-term member erence to Paswan’s son and LJP backs like former State youths to use their talent and one culture then a man from arrangements prompted the Arun Jaitley, who played a role BJP ally in 2009 before parting of the Lok Sabha and the deci- Parliamentary Board chief Congress president Ashok energy, the Chief Minister said Kerala called Adi RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav to in brokering peace between his ways with it in 2013. He joined sion means that the 72-year-old Chirag Paswan recently writing Choudhary joining the JD(U) at the inaugural session of the Shankaracharya would not take a jibe at the BJP for agree- party and the BJP. the NDA again in 2017. leader is unlikely to contest any to Jaitley and requesting him to along with his supporters. It Yuva Kumbh that if they used have established a peeth in all ing to contest only 17 seats in In his comments, the Bihar Commenting on the deci- more popular election and will elucidate the benefits of received a shot in the arm their energy in a constructive four corners of the country. Bihar in the Lok Sabha polls Chief Minister, who enjoys sion to send Paswan, present- be handing over the reins of the demonetisation so that his recently with the RLSP, a manner, they could take the Talking about the concep- next year despite having won good equations with Paswan, ly a Lok Sabha member from party to his son. party could explain the same to former NDA ally, joining the country to great heights in the tion of the idea of having a 22 in the last general elections. noted that the NDA had won Hajipur in Bihar, to the Rajya On his part as leader of the its voters. alliance. international scenario. Continued on Page 4 CAPSULE

8 KIDS AMONG 10 DEAD AS BUS FALLS INTO GORGE Sabarimala devotees 222 perish in Indonesia tsunami Ahmedabad: Eight children were among the 10 people who were killed when a bus in which they were returning after enjoying a chase away women picnic fell into a 200-feet gorge in Gujarat’s Dang district, police police had forced them to said on Sunday. P6 abandon their plan to visit the hill shrine and return. CBSE X EXAM FROM However, rejecting the FEB 21, XII FROM FEB 15 charge, the police said that the New Delhi: The Central Board of activists had came back on Secondary Education (CBSE) on their own due to security issues, Sunday released the date sheet adding that two cases were reg- of Class X and class XII istered against the protesters examination 2019 on its official based on the complaint lodged website. According to the date by Manithi members. sheet, Class XII board Earlier, braving several examination will be held from protests on their way, the 11- February 15 to April 3, 2019, member team, all belonging to while the Class X board the traditionally-barred age examination will be held from group, reached here by 3.30 am Feb 21 to March 29, 2019. through the Idukki- Kambamedu route on the PM ANNOUNCES AWARD Kerala-Tamil Nadu border. FOR NATIONAL UNITY Eleven members of the Chennai-based ‘Manithi’ wait at the foothills of the Lord Of the 11, six carried the New Delhi: Prime Minister Ayyappa Temple as devotees protested against their attempt to trek the shrine, at traditional irumudikettu which Narendra Modi has announced Pamba, in Pathanamthitta on Sunday PTI is mandatory to climb the the institution of a new national “pathinettam padi” (holy steps honour for National Unity on the PTI n PAMBA them away. leading to sanctum sancto- pattern of Padma Awards, an The women and the police rum). But, the women could Debris littered a property badly damaged by a tsunami in Carita in Indonesia during a busy holiday weekend. The volcano-triggered tsunami has left at least 222 people official statement said on Sunday. ith just four days left for had to virtually run from the not move forward and had to dead and hundreds more injured after slamming without warning into beaches around Indonesia's Sunda Strait, sending water crashing ashore and sweeping away hotels, Wthe culmination of the scene to the safety of a nearby wait at the entry of the forest hundreds of houses and people attending a beach concert on Sunday. Officials voiced fears that the toll would rise further. Hundreds of buildings were destroyed by the NUCLEAR-CAPABLE AGNI-IV first phase of the annual guardroom, abandoning the path for over six hours follow- wave, which hit the coast of southern Sumatra and the western tip of Java about 9.30 pm on Saturday after a volcano known as the “child” of Krakatoa erupted, national MISSILE TEST-FIRED Sabarimala pilgrimage, a group trekking plan. ing “namajapa” (chanting disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said (Detailed report on P12) AP Balasore (Odisha): India on of 11 women of menstruating Defying prohibitory orders, sacred hymns) protests staged Sunday successfully test-fired its age on Sunday made an unsuc- hundreds of devotees thronged by hundreds of devotees. nuclear-capable long-range cessful bid to offer prayers at the forest path here blocking The BJP and other right- ballistic missile Agni-IV, with a the Lord Ayyappa shrine as the way of the women, who wing activists too staged nama- strike range of 4,000 km, as part they were forced to return by reached in the early hours japa protests across the State BJP makes century in Guj, Cong wins bypoll in Jharkhand of a user trial by the Army. protesting devotees. from Chennai. Police tried to including before the Cliff PTI n AHMEDABAD/KOLEBIRA With this victory, the Jharkhand Vikas Morcha had won the seat on a Congress Accompanied by police remove the protesters by force House, the official residence of (JHARKHAND) Congress increases its tally to supported the Congress. ticket in 2017, resigned from INDIA MOST TOLERANT personnel, the members of as they were not ready to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan 8 in the 82-member Jharkhand In Gujarat, BJP candidate the party and also the COUNTRY: RAJNATH Chennai-based women budge despite their repeated in Thiruvananrhapuram. he ruling BJP comfortably Assembly. The bypoll was Kunvarji Bavaliya defeated Assembly, and joined the BJP. Lucknow: Rebuffing allegations empowerment outfit “Manithi” announcements to disperse Kerala-based Dalit activist, Twon the bypoll from Jasdan necessitated after Enos Ekka of Congress nominee Avsar With this, the BJP now has that intolerance was rising in the could barely move 100 metres leading to the arrest of some of Ammini, who announced to Assembly seat in Gujarat on Jharkhand Party, who repre- Nakiya by a margin of 19,979 100 MLAs in the 182-member country, Union Home Minister through the traditional forest the protesting devotees. trek to Sabarimala, returned Sunday, taking its tally in the sented the constituency in the votes, officials said. The by- Gujarat Legislative Assembly, Rajnath Singh said on Sunday path towards the temple when Before returning, Selvi, the after reaching Erumely, over 50 House to 100, while the Assembly, lost his membership election was necessitated after while the Congress tally has no nation in the world is as hundreds of devotees rushed co-coordinator of the outfit, km from here. Congress won the Kolebira(ST) following his conviction in a Bavaliya, an influential Koli come down to 76. tolerant as India. P3 down to the valley to chase told reporters here that the Continued on Page 4 Assembly bypoll in Jharkhand. murder case. Babulal Marandi’s community leader who had Continued on Page 4 India at vantage point, but Clean-up op readies J&K for simultaneous polls RAHUL DATTA/MOHIT KANDHARI n the fight against terrorism since ited task of fighting terrorism, NEW DELHI/JAMMU October. sources said once situation sta- dragon hogs Doklam roads Given this factor, the bilises, the political outreach ith the recent successes momentum will continue dur- should begin immediately. The RAJESH KUMAR n NEW DELHI has strongly pitched for advantage of this in the 1962 Wachieved in the fight ing the ongoing winter months security establishment is hope- “enhancing the level of priori- war and therefore we ought to against terrorism in Jammu & and, if the trend of drop in lev- ful of creating conducive espite India’s advantageous ty to border roads”. draw lessons from the past on Kashmir, including the killing els of violence continues, offi- atmosphere for the political Dgeographical position in The panel, chaired by this matter, it added. of six terrorists of Zakir Musa’s cials are hopeful of stabilising process to commence in full Doklam and its infrastructure Congress leader Shashi During their visit, the panel outfit on Saturday, the securi- the situation in the strife-torn swing by March, they said. push post its standoff with Tharoor, said it was “per- members realised only some of ty establishment is confident of State by March for the first time Recently, nine-phase long China, Beijing still holds an turbed…that despite a marked the border posts are connect- stabilising the situation for the in five years. panchayat polls were conduct- edge in terms of connectivity. progress in recent years, the ed by all weather roads. “The first time in five years. However, they admitted ed successfully in the State While many Indian roads border road infrastructure on panel members were shown Having accounted for that there are still 250 terrorists after local bodies elections. cannot withstand the pressure the India-China border is pictures of infrastructure devel- encounter of nearly 250 ter- active in the Valley besides 190 Meanwhile, several main- of military traffic even 46 years grossly inadequate, as con- oped on both the sides of the rorists this year, the highest in new recruits who have joined stream political parties are after China took advantage of firmed by its own observations border and major discrepancies the last 10 years, the tempo of rorism related violence in the have seen a spate of successful the terrorist ranks this year as demanding early Assembly it in the 1962 war, a number of from its visits”. were clearly visible. The sorry operations against terrorism run up to the announcement of operations against terrorists in compared to 128 for the entire polls even as the President’s important sectors continue to In several important sec- situation has accumulated over will continue even during the poll schedule. The security which the top leadership of all last year. This spike in recruit- Rule is now on in the State. But be dependent on “single access tors, India is “dependent on sin- the year. Some roads in harsh winter months with the establishment wants to have a the terrorist organisations ment is despite the fact that till date the security grid is yet routes” that could be “risky in gle access routes, a risky propo- Guwahati, Tawang and hope that it may create possi- firm grip on the situation active in the Kashmir valley new untrained fighters are to give its formal nod fearing times of conflict”. sition in times of conflict. Gangtok were constructed bility of holding Assembly elec- before giving the nod for hold- were killed. Giving an example, being eliminated routinely 15- spike in terrorism related vio- A parliamentary panel that Worse, many roads are not under the Prime Minister tions along with Lok Sabha ing elections. they said almost every two 20 days after jumping the fence. lence in the run up to the took a first-hand stock of the built to withstand military traf- Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY). polls. As of now, apprehensions Sharing this assessment, days, the security forces have Stressing the point that announcement of poll schedule. ground situation in Doklam fic. China had specifically taken Continued on Page 4 are there about a spike in ter- sources said the recent months managed to achieve success in the security forces have the lim- Continued on Page 4 LUCKNOW | MONDAY | DECEMBER 24, 2018 city 02

Minister pitches in No need for division for hike in sugar Guv, CM pay tributes to Charan Singh ex-factory price PNS n LUCKNOW Lucknow (PNS): Uttar ttar Pradesh Governor Pradesh Sugarcane and Sugar URam Naik, Chief Minister of UP, says Rajnath Development Minister Suresh Yogi Adityanath and other Rana has also written a letter to leaders paid tributes to late PTI n LUCKNOW Union Minister for Consumer Prime Minister Chaudhary Affairs, Food and Public Charan Singh on his 116th wo days after Bharatiya Distribution, Ram Vilas Paswan, birth anniversary on Sunday, Janata Party lawmakers for hiking the floor ex-factory saying the contribution he Tfrom Bundelkhand sugar price from `2,900 per made for the welfare of poor raised a demand for creation of quintal to `3,250 per quintal and and downtrodden was unpar- a separate state in the just increasing the monthly sugar alleled. concluded winter session of the sale quota of sugar mills in the The Chief Minister, while state legislature, Union Home state to 11 lakh metric tons. paying floral tributes to the Minister Rajnath Singh ruled Official sources said that farmers’ leader on Vidhan out further division of Uttar Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Bhawan premises, said the Pradesh saying it was not was also likely to write a letter Bharatiya Janata Party govern- required. to the Prime Minister’s Office in ment was looking after the well- “There is no need to fur- this regard. being of the farmers and due to ther divide Uttar Pradesh into The sugarcane sector direct- its initiative the income of farm- separate states. This state has ly impacts 40 lakh farmers and ers had now reached one-and- no dearth of resources. It can generates direct economy worth half times of their cost produc- take care of its needs,” Singh almost `50,000 crore through tion. Yogi also maintained that said at the Gaurav Samman sugar, jaggery, ethanol, bagasse, the farmers’ insurance scheme function here on Sunday. and cogeneration of power. had benefited the rural populace Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath along with Governor Ram Naik paying tributes to late Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan “Some people say that if In the letter to the Union of the country and now they Singh on his 116th birth anniversary in Lucknow on Sunday Pioneer UP is divided into four parts minister, Rana said the issue were doing their agricultural it can progress better. I ques- needed immediate attention as work without any tension. tion them as tomorrow they it could aggravate the payment “Under the leadership of might come up with an argu- crisis in the current crushing Prime Minister Narendra Modi, ment that divide the country season. the government at the Centre is RLD, SP remember Charan Singh into different parts and it will He pointed out that at pre- working for the benefit of farm- progress better. Should we sent, the state mills’ had unsold ers in the country,” he said. PNS n LUCKNOW for the welfare of farmers and national politics and created accept that?” the Union Home progress. Chhattisgarh, were created. inventory of 96,000 MT of Talking about the initiatives taken the poor people. “The great political space for the farmers. Minister said. The demand, however, was The BJP has always advo- 2017-18 season when UP had by his government, Yogi said after ashtriya Lok Dal and leader had a deep knowledge of The SP chief said “A unified Uttar Pradesh rejected by the government cated creation of smaller states, produced over 1.2 crore MT of he came to power, crop loans RSamajwadi Party celebrated village life and poverty of vil- Chaudhary Charan Singh has strength within itself. This and subsequently by Speaker saying it is easier to govern sugar. He said during the cur- amounting to over `23,000 crore the 116th birth anniversary of lagers and that was why he made farmers a part of the state has no dearth of resources. Hriday Narayan Dikshit. smaller states. rent season, the UP mills were of 86 lakh farmers were waived. late Prime Minister Chaudhary devoted his entire life for the mainstream political discourse The state has potential to gen- Rajnath Singh, who repre- There is a demand for expected to produce 1.25 crore The Governor said that Charan Singh on Sunday. uplift of farmers and poor,” he and had the successive govern- erate employment and lead sents Lucknow in the Lok dividing Uttar Pradesh into MT of sugar, of which the farmers were ‘annadata’ (food The RLD leaders and said. RLD state vice-president ments at the Centre paid heed India to a better future,” he said, Sabha, said there was no need Harit Pradesh (western UP), export quota was pegged at 1.75 providers) in the true sense. He workers garlanded the statute Wasim Haider, state to the farmers’ issue, the farm- adding that the population of for carving out a state of Poorvanchal (eastern UP), lakh MT. said that in 1950s, when India of the late farmers’ leader in spokesman Surendra Nath ers would not have been in dis- Uttar Pradesh was its real Bundelkhand from Uttar Bundelkhand and Awadh. In this way, the availability faced one of the severest Vidhan Bhawan. Later, speak- Trivedi and other leaders also tress. strength and the need was to Pradesh. “The local legislators Bahujan Samaj Party chief of sugar with UP mills is esti- drought, the farmers brought ing at a seminar on ‘Relevance spoke on the occasion. “The Samajwadi Party is find technology to utilise it. might have raised this issue in Mayawati has supported this mated at 1.17 crore MT after prosperity by bringing green of Chaudhary Charan Singh’s SP patriarch Mulayam committed to social justice On Friday, all the BJP leg- the state assembly but there is demand. adding fresh production (1.25 revolution in the country and ideology in current politics’, Singh Yadav and party presi- and in the present time the islators from Bundelkhand had no need to get alarmed by this Earlier, Singh honoured crore MT) and carryover stock later, the farmers diversified to RLD state president Masood dent Akhilesh Yadav garland- fight is between 85 per cent demanded creation of a sepa- demand,” he said. prominent personalities of the (96,000 tonnes), while deducing bring white revolution which Ahmad said Chaudhary Saheb ed the portrait of Charan Singh and 15 per cent. Farmers, rate state, creating a flutter in Incidentally, when Rajnath state in the Gaurav Samman the export quota (1.75 MT), he transformed the dairy industry. was a real well-wisher of farm- at the party office. youths and the minorities are the state assembly. The legisla- Singh was the Chief Minister of Sammelan held here. He said said, adding that UP would A havan was performed at ers and a great supporter of Addressing the meeting suffering due to BJP’s divisive tors said that the region was UP in 2000, Uttarakhand was these awards were true recog- need monthly sugar sale quota the BJP state office and later the empowerment of villages. Akhilesh Yadav said it was politics,” the SP chief charged. deprived of basic facilities and carved out of Uttar Pradesh. nition of the work these promi- of 11 lakh MT to clear the stocks party leaders and workers gar- RLD national spokesman Chaudhary Charan Singh who He added, “This will go against unless a separate state was At the same time, two nent personalities had done for and facilitate prompt payments land the statue of Chaudhary Anil Dubey said Chaudhary brought the problems of the the BJP in the 2019 Lok Sabha carved out it would not more states, Jharkhand and the welfare of society. to cane growers. Charan Singh at Vidhan Bhawan. Charan Singh worked all his life farmers to the centre stage of elections.” Sticking caste labels on Hanuman irks seers Pankaj confident BJP will

PTI n LUCKNOW said. Mahant Ramdas’ views the deity. He cited names like were echoed by Mahant Raju Rehman, Ramzan, Farman, eers in Uttar Pradesh have Das of Ayodhya’s Zishan, Qurban etc., to but- register a bigger win Sdisapproved of recent Hanumangarhi temple too. tress his point. remarks by politicians, sticking “Those making such frivolous Campaigning for the caste and creed labels on Lord remarks must be punished. recent assembly elections, PTI n LUCKNOW Hanuman. They are unnecessarily drag- Chief Minister Adityanath had 2019 LOK SABHA ELECTION The seers expressed disap- ging Lord Hanuman’s name to said last month, “Hanuman haratiya Janata Party leader proval after state’s Religious realise their vested interests. was a forest dweller, deprived BPankaj Singh on Sunday state now want development. been organised and several Affair Minister Laxmi This is simply unfortunate,” and a Dalit. Bajrang Bali accused the Samajwadi Party They have seen the govern- more were lined up over the Narayan Chaudhary dubbed Mahant Raju Das said. worked to connect all Indian and the Bahujan Samaj Party of ments of SP and BSP. They next two months. Lord Hanuman as a Jat, saying Another seer from communities together, from “doing little” for the develop- have seen the niyat (intention) One such programme was that like Jats, the deity never Lucknow too depricated the north to south and east to ment of Uttar Pradesh and of these parties and they have Kamal Sandesh Yatra, organ- tolerated injustice to anybody, politicians’ trend of sticking west.” exuded confidence that his seen our niyat as well. The vot- ised recently to mark the 150th anywhere. caste and creed label to Lord BJP MP Savitribai Phule, party would register a bigger ers will make an informed birth anniversary of Mahatma The minister made the Hanuman. who quit the party recently, win in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls choice.” Gandhi, he said, adding that remark on Friday after anoth- “The politicians’ act of had agreed that Lord compared to the 2014 elections. On BJP losses in bye-elec- through this campaign, the er BJP leader dubbed Lord associating Sankat Mochan Hanuman was a Dalit, but an The Uttar Pradesh BJP tions in Uttar Pradesh (for party sought to spread the Hanuman as a Muslim on the with a particular religion or opponent of the “manuwadis.” general secretary also said Gorakhpur, Phulpur, and teachings and values of the ground that his name rhymed caste has pained me immense- “Lord Hanuman was a opposition parties coming Kairana seats), Singh said these Father of the Nation, along with Islamic names like ly,” chief priest at Lucknow’s Dalit and a slave of ‘manuwa- together to form a grand results would have no impact with the achievements of the Rahman, Arman, Qurban etc. Hanuman Setu temple di’ people. He was a Dalit and alliance to take on the BJP on the Lok Sabha polls in BJP governments. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Bhagwan Singh Bisht told so. Uttar Pradesh minister vene whenever any injustice is a human. He did everything would also have no impact on 2019. Asked if the party workers Yogi Adityanath had earlier PTI. Chaudhary had said Friday done to anybody,” the minis- for Lord Ram, yet he was his party’s electoral prospects. “General elections are dif- were feeling down after the dubbed Bajrang Bali as a Dalit. “How can we categorise that the Hindu deity belonged ter explained the rationale given a tail and his face black- “There have been news ferent from bye-elections and losses in Madhya Pradesh, “There should be stringent God as belonging to one or the to the Jat community. “Jats are behind his statement. The ened,” she had said. (about the mahagathbandhan) they are held under different Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan action against those making other religion, when the five descendants of Lord minister’s remarks had fol- Incidentally, a Jain priest and the opposition parties circumstances. The issues are assembly polls, Singh said, such unsavoury remarks about elements of nature - fire, water, Hanuman. Hanumanji was a lowed those of his party col- in Bhopal had claimed that have in their own ways denied different.” “There is no sense of dejection God. The politicians must not earth, space and air have Jat,” the minister had told league and MLC Bukkal Lord Hanuman was neither a it. But, regardless of maha- “I am confident that we among the party workers. Both drag God’s name to reap polit- none?” asked Bisht. PTI. Nawab, who had on Thursday Dalit nor a tribal, but a Jain. gathbandhan eventually taking will register a bigger win in the the organisation and govern- ical dividends,” Mahant “Just like air is inhaled by “Lord Ram’s wife, god- said that Lord Hanuman was Acharya Nirbhay Sagar shape or not, BJP’s prospects in 2019 Lok Sabha polls than we ment are working in close Ramdas of Nirmohi Akhara of the people of all caste and dess Sita, was abducted by “actually a Muslim”. Maharaj, who heads a Jain 2019 will be intact,” Singh told had in the 2014 general elec- coordination.” Ayodhya told PTI. creed, Lord Hanuman too is Ravan, but Lanka was burnt by Nawab, who left the temple in Samasgad, nearly 25 PTI here. tions,” the BJP state general “It has been the culture of “This is absolutely wrong worshiped by his followers Hanumanji. It’s injustice being Samajwadi Party to join the km from Bhopal, claimed that On a question about the secretary said. the party to take care of its and simply despicable. Lord from various religions,” he done to someone by someone state’s ruling Bharatiya Janata according to Jain scriptures, Akhilesh Yadav-led SP and He said a number of pro- workers, and whatever heights Hanuman is worshiped by a pointed out. Terming the trend and the third person does not Party, argued that the deity’s Lord Hanuman was a Jain. He Mayawati’s BSP possibly join- grammes to spread awareness have been attained by the party large section of the society cut- as “unfortunate”, he urged know either of them. This is name rhymed with those of was one of the 169 great per- ing hands, the MLA from among the masses about vari- is due to their sheer hard ting across religious lines,” he politicos to refrain from doing the nature of Jats... they inter- Muslims, who are named after sons identified in Jainism. Noida said, “People of the ous policies of the BJP had work,” he said. One arrested for murder of QUICK TAKES WOMAN, THREE CHILDREN FOUND TWO DIE AS TRACTOR OVERTURNS lage under Gosaiganj police station while HANGING AT HOME Budaun: Two persons were killed and her husband worked in Ludhiana , police Agra: A 30-year-old woman and her six others were injured when the tractor said. The father-in-law of the deceased was vko';drk gS degree college manager three children were found hanging from they were travelling on overturned on working in his sugarcane field when the the ceiling of their home on Sunday Sunday morning. The accident took place incident took place and her husband’s PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n ALLAHABAD and Amit were arrested and under the Fatehabad police station area, at Sendpur on the Bareilly-Dataganj road younger brother was in Delhi, where he sent to iail in 2008 in connec- around 30 km from here, police said. The in the early hours of the day, additional does odd-jobs. The matter is under inves- he Crime Branch in asso- tion with the murder of anoth- deceased were identified as Mamta, Junu superintendent of police Jitendra Kumar tigation, the SP added. Tciation with the Kydganj er degree college manager, (5), Ranjit (3) and Ajit (six months). All Srivastava said, adding the tractor, which police claimed to have arrest- Udai Pratap. Patel was Amit’s the four were found hanging from the ceil- was carrying paddy to Devchara weekly EXCISE DEPT SEIZES LIQUOR ed Dharmendra Singh Patel, driver and bodyguard. After ing of their home when Mamta’s mother- market, overturned due dense fog and WORTH `6 LAKH former bodyguard of a degree being released from jail Amit in-law and sister-in-law returned home poor visibility in the area. The deceased Muzaffarnagar: The Excise depart- college manager, Amit Singh, in opened his own degree college from the field. The matter was reported to were identified as Naushe Ali (47) and ment has seized 154 cartons of liquor connection with the manager’s was also missing. and also used to deal in prop- the police by their neighbours. According Alok Kumar (27). worth `6 lakh from a vehicle at the murder. Following a complaint erty. Patel had recently helped to the police, the deceased woman’s hus- Delhi-Dehradun national highway here, an Amit Singh’s body was lodged by Amit’s kin, a case of Amit in selling a property but band and father-in-law were missing. TWO SISTERS MURDERED official said on Sunday. Based on a tip-off, found inside his car near the murder was registered against the latter refused to pay his Faizabad: Two women were been the vehicle carrying the liquor was inter- Allahabad Degree College on some unidentified persons. commission. MAN COMMITS SUICIDE found murdered at their house in Bodhi cepted near Faloda village in the district December 7. The accused, Inspector, Crime Branch, On December 7, Amit had Muzaffarnagar: A 25-year-old man Purwa village of Faizabad district, police on Saturday evening, district excise offi- Dharmendra Singh Patel, had Dharmendra Yadav, carried gone to distribute the invitation committed suicide by hanging himself said on Sunday. The deceased were iden- cer Akhilesh Kumar said. The vehicle’s dri- poisoned him to death follow- out investigations and identi- cards for his wedding. Patel met from the ceiling at his residence in tified as sisters — Moni Pandey (28) and ver managed to flee, he said, adding that ing a monetary dispute and left fied Dharmendra Singh Patel, Amit on some pretext and Muzaffarnagar district on Sunday, police Priyanka (25). Only the two were present police were probing the matter. In anoth- the body in the car to make it a resident of industrial area, as attacked him with a screwdriv- said. The incident took place in at home when they were allegedly mur- er incident, a drug peddler was arrested look like a case of suicide. a suspect on the basis of elec- er on his face and then forcibly Bhokarhedi village under Bhopa police sta- dered with some sharp object on the inter- from near Bajheri road here. Police recov- Senior Superintendent of tronic surveillance and finger- injected some poisonous sub- tion of the district. The reason behind the vening night of Saturday and Sunday, ered 500 grams of charas and a stolen Police Nitin Tiwari, said that print found in the car, Patel was stance. Patel drove the car and man taking the extreme step was not yet Faizabad Superintendent of Police (Rural) licensed gun from his possession, station Amit Singh’s body was found rounded up for questioning. left it near the Allahabad known. His body was sent for post- Sanjay Kumar said, adding that injury house officer of Civil Line police station, inside his car next to the dri- During interrogation he Degree College when Amit mortem. This is the third suicide case marks were found on the throats and heads DK Tyagi, said. A case has been registered ver’s seat with marks of injuries confessed to have killed Amit. became unconscious, the SSP reported in the district in the last 24 of the deceased. Priyanka had come to visit under the Narcotic Drugs and on his face. The key of the car He informed the police that he added. hours. Moni, who lived with her in-laws in the vil- Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.

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YUVA KUMBH AIIMS status to KGMU ‘No power can stop temple construction’ will take time: Rajnath PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW energy in you,” she said, adding no light jokes should ome Minister Rajnath be made on caste, religion, said on Sunday that no which is a symbol of patrio- Hpower of the world tism. could stop the construction of Several other eminent the Ram Mandir. He said that speakers spoke at various ses- this was their commitment sions of Yuva Kumbh . which the Government had Governor Ram Naik said it made which should not be was the first time that Kumbh suspected. Mela was being organised after The Home Minister was Allahabad had been rechris- addressing the gathering at tened Prayagraj. Yuva Kumbh on Sunday. He “Kumbh has now been said no notice had to be issued recognised as a cultural her- by the government for holding itage event by UNESCO and Kumbh Mela as people assem- 15 crore people will participate bled on their own. “If people Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Textiles Minister Smriti Irani, and Deputy CMs Keshav Prasad Maurya & Dinesh Sharma at in it,” he said. He extended an collect on their own in large Yuva Kumbh’s inaugural session held at Smriti Upvan on Sunday Pioneer invite to all the youths present numbers anywhere in the on the occasion and told them world, it is at Kumbh,” he said. that Uttar Pradesh had wit- “The day we forget our nessed a vast change in the submission to faith, we will past several years. lose our dream of making it to India is secular because our Swami Vageesh Swaroop, the top of the world. The while addressing the gather- maximum research in techni- ing, said that the youths of cal area has been done by the religion tells us so: Gopal India were no less than others Home Minister Rajnath Singh at KGMU Foundation Day function in Lucknow on Sunday Pioneer youths of India and in what and there were some among manner can the vision of Deen PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW emerged the course which the including Winston Churchill, them who had created histo- PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW MLB Bhatt during the function. requirement is of 36000 doc- Dayal Upadhyaya be imple- country had to follow. thought that the country will ry. “The youth of today talk He also gave the Union Home tors. Despite this handicap, mented should also come from ndia is secular because our “It was a very ancient tra- not be stable and will break about the nation and also he hopes of KGMU getting Minister a letter of request the government is making all youths,” Singh said. Ireligion tells us so. We gave dition and it was from here into fragments after about philosophy but are far Ta status of AIIMS were demanding AIIMS status to efforts to extend health bene- “One cannot become a the philosophy of ‘Vasudev that the future course of the Independence. However, this away from the idea of philos- dashed on Sunday when Union KGMU. He even said that fits to the last person with its world guru on the basis of Kutumbakam’ (the world as a society was decided. did not happen because the ophy and we should develop Home Minister Rajnath Singh HRD Ministry was considering Ayushman Bharat, Amrut and wealth and huge armies. Our family) and we do not divide However, for the past 700- concept of Bharat as one the vision of both Shivaji and said that the decision would the demand. Reacting to Prof other schemes,” the Union students have the capability to the believers and the non- 800 years this is slowly disap- country is not the same as the Swami Ramdas,” he said. take time as it was a policy mat- Bhatt’s demand, Singh said Health minister said. move forward on the basis of believers, said joint secretary pearing. This changed when western concept of a nation. Advocate Monica Arora ter and needed a proper clear- that if KGMU got AIIMS sta- Later talking to the knowledge and science,” he of RSS Krishna Gopal while the country was attacked by Our Bharat is based and root- spoke on the legal issues of ance from all government tus it would be good for the reporters, he said that India was said. He added that India had delivering the keynote the outsiders between the ed in ‘adhyatma,’ he said. Ram Janma Bhoomi issue. channels. city. “I can assure that I will try the most tolerant country in the influenced China without address at the inaugural ses- 12th and 19th century. The Gopal said that the country ABVP national president Singh was in the state cap- to ensure that KGMU gets A+ world. “The tolerance that sending one soldier across the sion of Yuva Kumbh. country which was termed as faced major problems but Sunil Ambekar said it was ital to attend the 114th category in ratings for its qual- exists in India, I don’t think that border. “The dilemma is that He said that we could be a great one with 30 per cent even though other nations got important for youths to know Foundation Day celebration ity and unmatched medical it can be found in any corner because India was under the scientists and engineers and share in the world economy divided we still are a united about the history of the coun- of King George’s Medical services. This needs to be of the world. India is the only British rule for a long time, following different profes- was reduced to a poor one country. USSR was disinte- try. “We have a large number University (KGMU) on appreciated,” he said, adding country where people from there is a misconception that sions but we are guided by with one per cent share in the grated and Ireland wants to of youths who are not aware of Sunday. KGMU, being the old- that KGMU had carved a niche various prominent religions science came from the western ‘adhyatma’. “We do not get economy of the world,” he get separated from the the history of the country. This est medical college in India, for itself globally as people all co-exist peacefully,” he said. world while it’s a fact that the word secular from the said. British,” he added. is not Yuva Kumbh, this is there is a demand from the fac- over the world knew about He was reacting to the Pythagoras was mentioned in Constitution. We get it from Krishna Gopal pointed He pointed out that in Yuva Sankalp. We need to be ulty to give it a status of AIIMS. AIIMS and KGMU. statement of actor Naseeruddin Indian literature too,” he point- the 700-800 years-old tradi- out that this situation contin- 1947 the country rose from a more alert about the kind of “Giving status of AIIMS to Expressing concern over Shah where he said that killing ed out. Singh said that in tion that we have,” he added. ued till 1947 when several state when it did not have films we are watching. There KGMU is a policy decision and low spending of GDP on health of cow was given more impor- USA, scientists spoke about Gopal said that for years, scholars across the country enough food to even feed 30 should be more films like it needs clearance from differ- services, which is around 1.16 tance than the killing of a the occurrence periods of solar Kumbh which was organised rekindled its underlying spir- crore population and it is now Bahubali which present the ent departments. I need to per cent, he said that the issue policeman. and lunar eclipse in 2009 while at Prayagraj took up the dis- ituality which helped it in producing food for over 135 Indian culture,” he added. speak to Health Minister JP had been discussed in the When asked about cyber in Indian any astrologer had cussion on the current state of regaining its freedom. crore people with extra four Dattatreya Hosabale from Nadda about it and check Cabinet and it had been pro- surveillance order, Singh said these dates on their fingertips. the society and from which “Most of the Britishers, tonnes to export. RSS said that India gave rise to about the formalities needed to posed to be around 2.5 per that the government had Union Minister for more revolutionaries than any give AIIMS status to KGMU,” cent. “Another problem the already given its clarification in Textiles Smriti Irani said Yuva on global platform. Addressing should come and see for them- “Swami Vivekananda other part of the world. He Singh, who is an MP from government is facing is about Parliament and as the House Kumbh was about giving a the gathering, she said some selves these youths taking always said that you can only said it was the responsibility of Lucknow, said. shortage of doctors. The coun- was in session, he would not message to the entire country divisive forces that shouted pledge of unity under one be called a Hindu when the youths to extend their faith to The demand was raised by try produces 4000 medical speak anything outside Lok that youths should get respect anti-India slogans in Delhi flag. word creates some sort of the soldiers of the country. Vice-Chancellor of KGMU post-graduates where as the Sabha or Rajya Sabha. Man axes wife to death over family discord PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW who used to fight off and on made Ram Avtar mad with due to this. anger and he attacked her Truck driver charred to death man axed his wife to On Sunday morning, Ram several times. He also attacked Adeath at his house in Avtar and Rekha had a verbal her with an iron rod during PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW Yagya Narayan left for his Sarojini Nagar in connection spat when she complained the brawl and rested only house asking Arpit to look with a family discord on about his habit of drinking. after Rekha slumped down 19-year-old truck driver after the truck which was Sunday morning. Their adopt- The brawl escalated to such an and stopped resisting. Asleeping in the driver’s parked on the road in Rajni ed girl kept crying and help- extent that Rekha and Ram When the police team cabin was charred to death Khand, close to a police lessly watching the fierce fight Avatar started charging one reached the house, they found after the truck caught fire outpost there. Around 1.30 which culminated into the another with bad habits. This the daughter of the accused under mysterious circum- am, Yagya Narayan got a call death of her mother. The infuriated Ram Avtar and he weeping inconsolably. She was stances in Ashiyana on from truck owner MA Khan, accused was later nabbed by attacked Rekha with an axe. scared to see policemen and Saturday night. By the time who was informed by some the police. He kept attacking her on her her accused father at the crime police responded to the dis- residents about the fire. As per reports, the face, head and other parts of scene again. Blood was splat- tress call, the truck’s front Yagya Narayan reached the accused, identified as Ram the body. He then left the tered all around in the room portion had turned into scene and found the truck Avtar of Kalpi in Jalaun, is liv- scene and reached the house and the blood-stained axe ashes. Reports said Arpit of on fire. The police reached ing at a house on rent in of his landlord Soumendra was lying in one of the corners Barabanki was employed by the scene and later pulled Sarojini Nagar locality and Kumar Maurya to whom he of the room. The police con- driver Yagya Narayan of out the charred body of works as a mason. He was confessed to his crime. tacted relatives of Rekha who Rajni Khand three months Arpit. He was declared married to Rekha who was the Maurya in turn called the reached the scene and took back. On Saturday night, “brought dead”. wife of his elder brother Mata police and a team reached the Kajal along with them. Prasad. The couple had adopt- place. He was later taken to Police spokesman AK al comment on Ram Avtar interrogation. He would be ed six-year-old girl Kajal. For the police station. Dwivedi said a case of murder which intensified the brawl interrogated on that line the last several days, Ram There were reports that was registered against Ram between the couple and later too,” he said. The spokesman Avtar was into heavy drinking Rekha scoffed at Ram Avtar Avtar while the body was sent Rekha was killed. “The said the police had collected and that was a cause of con- during the brawl and said he for autopsy. He denied reports accused did not confess any- evidence from the crime St Cathedral Church all decked up ahead of Christmas in Lucknow Pioneer tention between the couple was not of her ‘rank’. This that Rekha had made person- thing of this sort during the scene. Gas agency driver found PGI patient died of Youth kidnaps relative’s son PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW friendly towards him. They warned him not to cry. hanging: Autopsy n avaricious youth in con- Irfan’s father Mushtaq of dead, murder suspected Anivance with his aides Bhunwar village of Lucknow (PNS): A day Saturday morning. Police had kidnapped his relative’s son Thakurganj owns e-rickshaws. PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW the autopsy report would clear sleeping in another truck’s cabin after the suicide of a 36-year-old said that Gangwar, who was a Irfan (14) on Saturday in He had sold a land for Rs 70 the cause of death. Contrary to and the driver of the truck did man, who was suffering from native of Pilibhit, had commit- Thakurganj for a ransom of Rs lakh recently and Riyaz knew driver employed with a gas police claim, the family of the not know of it. Defending the liver ailment, the police said ted suicide. Gangwar was 30 lakh. To avoid police arrest, the land deal. Aagency was found dead victim claimed that Ajay was Gudamba police, the police hanging was the cause of death admitted to a ward of liver they held Irfan hostage at a The miscreants kidnapped and his body was recovered murdered and they suspected spokesman said an FIR would in the autopsy report. “Nitin transplant unit at SGPGIMS. He secluded place in Unnao. Irfan, who was on a bicycle, from inside a truck cabin out- the role of the agency owner be registered if the autopsy Kumar Gangwar died of hang- was diagnosed a liver-related ail- In the wake of Sultanpur near Buddheshwar crossing side the agency where he and other staff. Ajay’s wife report confirmed ante-mortem ing. The doctors recommended ment and had to undergo liver kidnapping in which the son and was going to purchase worked in Gudamba on Neeta alleged that the agency injuries. preservation of the viscera for transplant in the time to come of a businessman was killed, meat around 2 pm on Sunday. An FIR in the case is owner had not given him salary Meanwhile, an unidentified forensic examination,” PGI SHO under the supervision of Dr the police teams, led by ASP, kidnapping was also recov- Saturday. They were in a van yet to be registered even though for the last three months. man was found dead in Naka RK Rai said. He added investi- Rajan Saxena. He was reported East and West, worked on the ered. Police said Riyaz master- and lured Irfan to accompany the victim’s wife claimed foul “When Ajay demanded the police station area on Sunday gation into the case was under- missing around 3 am after he case and rescued the boy. The minded the entire plot. them on the way. Irfan agreed play and termed the incident as salary, he was thrashed by afternoon. Police denied reports way. Gangwar was found hang- left the hospital bed informing kidnapers arrested were iden- It came as surprising to to the offer as he was a case of murder. agency owner a couple of days that the man died of cold and ing from the railing on the 7th his wife that he was going to tified as Javed Hasan, Rehan many that kidnappers did not acquainted with Riyaz. The As per reports, Ajay Verma back. Ajay was thrashed by said the man was a beggar and floor with a shawl tied around attend the nature’s call. Around Ali and Dinesh Yadav, all of thrash or attack Irfan in their miscreants bundled Irfan in (40) of Faizabad was working agency owner and some of the his identity was being ascer- his neck at Sanjay Gandhi Post 4 am, he was found hanging and Unnao, and Riyaz Ahmad of ‘custody’. Irfan was offered their car and reached Unnao with Bharat gas agency on staff on Saturday night after tained. The body had been Graduate Institute of Medical was spotted first by ward boy Thakurganj in the wee hours ‘chowmein’, biscuits and tea by where from they made a ran- Kursi Road. Around 11 pm on Ajay had a verbal spat over sent for autopsy. Tejender Singh Sciences (SGPGIMS) early Daya Prasad. of Sunday. The van used in kidnappers and they seemed som call. Saturday, he reached the salary. The police are trying to of Naka Hindola saw a man godown to load gas cylinders downplay the incident making lying in the verandah of Sheetla and was caught drunk when he false claim that Ajay was in a dharmshala in the locality and passed through the breath drunken state,” she alleged. informed the police. A team, led analyser machine. Following The employees of the gas by sub-inspector Akhilesh Ignore warning signals of cancer at your own risk! this, he was asked not to enter agency were also not con- Pandey, reached the scene and Lucknow (PNS): Eminent which may help in its early ment of various types of can- in symptomatic individuals, 2018, Jigyasa Manocha (LU) the godown and he left the vinced. “It seemed flimsy that the man was found dead when oncologist Dr P Jagannath detection and complete cure. cer employing different thera- training of general physicians was also felicitated by the chief scene. On Sunday morning, he he was in a drunken state. examined. He was taken to a advised people to control He was delivering the 10th pies, Prof Jagannath said that in modern methods of detec- guest with a memento and a was found dead in the cabin of Normally, drivers take drinks hospital where the doctors lifestyle disorders to enjoy a Foundation Day lecture organ- incidence of cancers was tion and treatment, skill upgra- cash prize. Earlier at the out- another truck parked outside after they get the trucks loaded declared him “brought dead”. healthy life. He also asked ised by Manju Seth Foundation increasing in the developing dation in nurses and allied set, former IITR director and the godown. After the employ- with goods. We are puzzled “The doctors failed to people not to ignore seven for Advanced Research and countries. The cases of gall health workers and access to trustee of the foundation PK ees spotted the same, they alert- how he died later while his ascertain the cause of death. warning signals of cancer such Training (MSFART), in collab- bladder cancer were very com- advanced care to common Seth welcomed the speaker ed the godown owner and the body was found in another The autopsy report will clear as change in bowel habits, a oration with Regional Science mon in the villages, he added. people. He said that when you and chief guest and all those police. A police team reached truck’s cabin,” they questioned. the cause of death,” the police sore that does not heal, unusu- Centre. The lecture was attend- Prof Jagannath also stressed defeat fear you defeat cancer. people present on the occasion. the place for investigation. They said the manager of spokesman said. “Some rick- al bleeding or discharge, thick- ed by a large number of the need for greater awareness Presiding over the function Pankaj Seth presented the aims Police spokesman AK Dwivedi the godown asked Ajay to leave shaw-pullers and shop-own- ening or lump in breast or else- guests, including eminent sci- about cancer, including its NBRI director SK Barik said and objectives of the said no injury was found. “The the truck and go outside the ers had seen the man loitering where, indigestion or difficul- entists, academicians, social prevention, enforcing legisla- artificial intelligence should Foundation and Prakhar Seth body had been sent for autop- place after he was found in a and begging in the locality. He ty in swallowing, obvious workers and researchers. tion to check pollution, screen- be given due importance in conducted the proceedings sy and further investigations drunken state. “It is also equal- was wearing a sweater and a change in wart or mole and Narrating the progress made in ing of high-risk population combating the cancer menace. while Ram Kumar of RSC pro- were on,” he said, adding that ly puzzling that Ajay remained trouser,” he said. nagging cough or hoarseness detection and effective treat- (familial or endemic), testing MSc (Biotechnology) topper of posed the vote of thanks. LUCKNOW | MONDAY | DECEMBER 24, 2018 city/nation 04

Farmers’ role in nation’s eco, Indian woman in captivity At 3.7C, Delhi records social progress assessed of ‘enslaver' in Bahrain coldest Dec in 12 yrs PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW rescued: Indian mission cientists, professors, gov- Pollution Sernment representatives, New Delhi: An Indian woman Ambassador Alok Kumar, students and farmers got was on Sunday rescued by tweeted that the Mission has sinks to 2nd together this Farmers’ Day at authorities in Bahrain after a initiated action to rescue her. Integral on Sunday to spread Bahraini “enslaver” allegedly However, Swaraj asked awareness, help and reward threatened to keep her for at Kumar for immediate interven- worst of year farmers for their contribution least 25 days. tion, saying the situation to the society. The Indian Embassy in appeared to be serious. STAFF REPORTER n NEW DELHI Celebrating the birth Bahrain announced her rescue “Alok - I know you are anniversary of farmers’ leader on Twitter hours after External working for her rescue. The sit- he national Capital on Chaudhary Charan Singh, Affairs Minister Sushma uation appears to be serious. TSunday witnessed its cold- Integral University Chancellor Swaraj, in a tweet, directed the This requires immediate inter- est December temperature in Syed Wasim Akhtar explained Indian Ambassador in the vention on your part. Pls keep the past 12 years with mercury that this day was programmed Gulf nation to intervene in the me informed,” Swaraj tweeted. sinking to 3.7 degrees Celsius to assess how important was case. Details of the case as well even as a moderate cover of fog the role of farmers in the The Indian mission said as about the woman are not surrounded the city, dropping social and economic develop- once again compelled us to out to these farmers to the woman has been rescued by immediately available. visibility. Rubbing salt into ment of our country. “They think about how farmers grow exchange experiences and Bahraini authorities. In a separate case, Swaraj people’s wounds, pollution level need to be helped in education, crops with great difficulty to knowledge related to organic On Saturday, humanitari- asked the Indian Embassy in on Sunday deteriorated to the training in scientific farming, feed us. Technologies devel- farming, sugarcane, groundnut an organisation ‘Justice Upheld’ Washington to assist an Indian second worst of the year. loans, storage and marketing of oped by the Indian Council of and banana cultivation and had tweeted that an Indian family which sought her help The Central Pollution their products to have our Agricultural Research (ICAR) protected farming to name a woman has been enslaved by saying their passports and Control Board (CPCB) data plate of food and secure the have significantly contributed few. her employer in Bahrain and other belongings were stolen showed the overall air quality economy,” he said. Cabinet to the increase in agriculture she feared for her life. from their hotel room in index at “severe” level of 446. minister Surya Pratap Shahi production,,” said KISAN DIWAS The organisation, quoting Chicago. The highest pollution level was inaugurated ‘Intag’, a shop of Arunachalam, assistant direc- Kisan Diwas was celebrat- the “enslaver”, Sunday said he “Dear @SushmaSwaraj Ji, recorded on November 8, a day healthy produce of IIAST tor, General International ed on the 116th birth anniver- was going to keep her for at an unusual incident of theft has after Diwali, when the AQI The official predicted the recorded the worst air quality farms and praised the depart- Relations, ICAR (New Delhi). sary of former Prime Minister least 25 days as he had paid 'lots left us devastated here in touched 571. In the past 12 maximum temperature on with an AQI of 473. Faridabad ment’s efforts to harvest prod- He emphasised that to stop and farmer leader Chaudhary of money for her'. Chicago while returning back years, the second lowest min- Monday is expected to hover and Noida also recorded ucts which are chemical-free. food wastage was also a way to Charan Singh at Central “He is extremely annoyed to India. All our belongings, imum temperature for the around 22 degrees Celsius. ‘severe’ air quality, the CPCB In his address to the audience, pay respect to farmers. Institute for Subtropical that the matter has been report- including passports were stolen month was recorded on However, as the day will said. The India Meteorological he acknowledged that things The Institute of Horticulture on Sunday. As ed to the Indian authorities. We from our hotel room booked at December 29, 2007, at 3.9 progress, it is likely to become Department (IMD) said pro- were getting better in agricul- Agriculture Science and many as 30 farmers from four are concerned about her safe- Edward Hotel and there's no degrees Celsius, according to partly cloudy. Haze will appear longed period of light winds ture and he believed that if Technology, Integral, gave villages of Malihabad partici- ty,” the organisation said. one willing to help. Please data from the Met depart- in the evening, said the official. and low temperature are like- such events where scientists, away the Farmer Award-2018 pated in the event. Narrating Soon after the Indian intervene,” Jyoti, a member of ment. The Sunday’s minimum Relative humidity at 8.30 ly to continue for next three to professors, farmers, ministers and felicitated the progressive the importance of rural clean- Embassy in Bahrain, headed by the family, tweeted. PTI temperature was four notches am on Sunday was 99 per five days, resulting in poor dis- and the present generation farmers who are the torch- liness, CISH director below the season’s average, a cent. The CPCB-led task has persion of pollutants and the air come under one roof the out- bearers for the techniques to be Shailendra Rajan urged farm- Met department official said. advised people to minimise quality may continue to remain put would only be positive and implemented in farming as ers to become ambassadors for The all-time lowest tempera- outdoor exposure for the next in the ‘severe’ category for the better for India in each sector. per the modern-day technolo- Swachh Bharat drive. He said Yogi unveils statue of ture in the national Capital for three to five days and avoid next two to three days. “Knowledge, technology and gy. Various sessions were converting farm waste into the month of December was using private vehicles, with Officials said they are reforms can and will do won- organised with the farmers manure had been encouraged 1.1 degrees Celsius recorded on Delhi’s air quality slipping into closely monitoring the situation ders to the agriculture indus- and students interacting with under ‘Farmer FIRST’ project Charan Singh in Patla December 26, 1945. The morn- the “severe” category on and if the pollution conditions try and the whole country each other in order to get a adopted villages which led to ing also witnessed a moderate Sunday. Several areas like persist for 48 hours, then strin- should work for the cause of glimpse of conventional as around 40% farmers shun- SP SINGH n GHAZIABAD Ghaziabad. Among them a cover of fog around the city Ashok Vihar, Anand Vihar gent action would be taken. farmers. The various pro- well as modern agriculture ning chemical fertilisers in Government degree college is with visibility dropping to 300 and Wazirpur, among others, Stringent action includes emer- grammes scheduled for the day technologies. Students reached their nutri gardens. n the 116th birth anniver- being set up in Sara village for metres at Palam and 400 metres inched towards the ‘severe plus gency measures like car Osary of Former Prime which `176 crore has been at Safdarjung, said the MeT emergency’ category, the data rationing and a ban on con- Minister Chaudhary Charan granted. The Union Minister department official. showed. In NCR, Ghaziabad struction activities. SCHOOLSCAN Singh, Uttar Pradesh Chief of State for HRD, Satyapal Minister Yogi Adityanath Singh who is the local MP WORLD UNITY SATSANG in such atmosphere grew up cultured and well- unveiled the statue of former from Baghpat requested CM Speaking at mannered. Earlier, music teachers of CMS pre- PM at Patla town near to take strict actions against 3 killed, 8 hurt in building collapses World Unity sented melodious hymns. Students of Jopling Ghaziabad. Addressing the Modi sugar mill owner Umesh TN RAGHUNATHA n MUMBAI Satsang, organ- Road campus presented several educational-cul- gathering on Kisan Diwas, the Kumar Modi for not paying ised at City tural-devotional items on the occasion. CM said that he had waived off farmers’ sugarcane dues of hree persons were killed and eight others Montessori `36,000 crore farmers’ loan the previous year. Tinjured when an under-construction build- School’s Gomti AWARDED after assuming power. The farmers groups pre- ing collapsed at Goregaon in north Mumbai on Nagar auditori- Founder of City He also felicitated select- sented memorandum to the Sunday morning. A three-storey structure, um on Sunday, Montessori School ed farmers for their achieve- CM in which they requested which was under-construction, gave way and founder-director Bharti Gandhi said only the Jagdish Gandhi was ments in agriculture produc- him to mount a pressure on came crashing down at Goregaon's Motilal sentiments of ‘Jai Jagat’ could establish unity and honoured with the ‘Fr tion. He claimed that criminals the Modi Sugar Mill to release Nagar locality at 9.15 am, trapping under the peace in the world. “We teach the lessons of J Maurus National have left the State after the BJP the payment which is due for debris eleven labourers. They were engaged in ‘Vasudhaiv Kutumbkam’ and ‘Jai Jagat’ to our Award’ for his work in assumed power in UP. months. the construction of a building undertaken by students from childhood. In future, these stu- the field of education. At an award ceremony He declared that no com- The Yogi assured the the State-run Maharashtra Housing and Area dents will stop wars across the world and estab- held in Mumbai recently under the aegis of munity is to be worried for farmers that he will look after Development Authority (MHADA). rushed to the nearby Sidharth Hospital. Of the lish peace and unity,” she said. She called upon Society of St Paul, Gandhi was awarded a cash their safety. His Government their interests. The birth The fire brigade personnel and teams of three killed, two were identified as Shravan the parents to keep the atmosphere at home of Rs 25,000.00 and a citation by John Rodrigues, is fully responsible for their anniversary function of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) Kumar Goremandal (27) and Subhash Chavhan peaceful and divine because children nurtured Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Mumbai. safety. The Chief Minister also Chaudhary Charan Singh was brought out three bodies and rescued eight per- (38) and efforts were on to identify the third inaugurated 20 projects marked as the Kisan Divas in sons from the under debris. The rescued per- deceased. Later in the afternoon, the NDRF per- amounting to `310 crore for Patla. sons, all of whom had suffered injuries, were sonnel completed the debris clearance operation.

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ONLY BJP CAN BUILD... this Kumbh, he said that it Ramesh Chennithala alleged Government the same day. As but progress had been “very Yuva Kumbh, the Chief would be for the first time after that the Pinarayi Vijayan the Congress candidate in 2017, slow”. Minister of State for Minister said that he came up 400 years and since the time of Government was attempting to Bavaliya had won over BJP’s Home Kiran Rijiju had recent- with the idea of holding five Akbar that the Akshayvat and destroy the Ayyappa temple. Bharat Boghara by a margin of ly told Parliament that the Vaicharik Kumbhs when he Saraswati Koop would be Joining the attack, the 9,277 votes. Government has undertaken read an article in a western opened to public. “A statue of Pandalam royal family, construction of 73 roads of magazine that said holding a Goddess Saraswati will also be attached to the Ayyappa tem- INDIA AT VANTAGE... operational significance along Kumbh was against environ- put up at this point. This is also ple, accused the left govern- These roads are being used Indo-China border. “Out of 73 ment and against women. “The the first time that various cul- ment of taking “activist for military purposes. These roads, 48 roads are being con- first Paryavaran Kumbh was tural heritage structures asso- women” to the hill shrine with roads are inadequate for mili- structed by the Ministry of held in Varanasi and this is the ciated with Kumbh will be police escort. However, refut- tary purposes but they can def- Defence (MoD) and 25 roads first time that devotees will have restored and a statue of Rishi ing the charges, senior Minister initely be envisaged as a back by Ministry of Home Affairs pure Ganga waters. How can we Bharadwaj will be erected at the EP Jayarajan told reporters up access route in times of exi- (MHA). Out of 73 roads, 34 be against the environment restored site.” he added. The that “the Government is com- gencies it is imperative for roads have been completed,” when it is a part of our culture?” Chief Minister said that they mitted to protect the belief of national security that we should Rijiju had said. The panel sug- Yogi asked. “The second would also be providing water- devotees. We want peace at not be dependent on single gested that Ministry of Defence Kumbh was held in Vrindavan way connectivity to the Kumbh Sabaraimala.” point access,” it said. In its should coordinate with the which was Mahila Paryavaran. and people would be able to Meanwhile, heavy rush of report on India-China ties, respective State Governments How can Kumbh be against travel from Varanasi to devotees continued to pour in Parliament’s standing commit- along the India-China border women wherein everything Prayagraj through the river. He at the Sabarimala temple with tee on external affairs referred to suitably enhance the design which is venerated is given the said that air connectivity had the auspicious Mandalapuja to inadequate infrastructure and standard specifications of prefix of Mata,” he added. been provided to over 72 places being just four days away. The including roads along the bor- the PMGSY. According to offi- The Chief Minister said and the government had con- first phase of the 41-day long der and said there is a “distinct cials, in the absence of that he was surprised to hear structed 10 flyovers and foot annual pilgrim season at the feeling that BRO as an organ- motorable roads connecting that Kumbh was against Dalit over bridges , six under passes Lord Ayyappa temple would isation with antiquated rules of borders to important military when people from all religions, and upgraded 264 roads for a culminate on December 27 delegation needs a thorough establishments, around 120 castes and creed came to it better road connectivity. “The with the puja. Kerala had wit- overhaul”. It was pointed out soldiers had to walk for 19 without any discrimination. visitors will not even find a sin- nessed massive protests by that one of the main reasons for hours to reach the spot and Yogi said that the Yuva Kumbh gle fly or mosquito at the Mela devotees opposing the apex weak border infrastructure is then they took positions against was the fourth in the Vaicharik area. Over 1,22,000 toilets have court verdict on September 28 lack of implementation of pro- the Chinese. Kumbhs. He told youths that been constructed and the permitting women of all age jects and thereby unused funds. their energy was powerful and Kumbh Mela area has been groups into the shrine. Over a The other issue is the bureau- CLEAN-UP OP... wherever they went they extended from 1,700 hectares dozen women including a jour- cratic clearances that are For the time being even the brought in great synergy. “The to 3,200 hectares,” he added. nalist and an activist of men- required for infrastructure Election Commission of India youths cannot be in an aimless The Chief Minister said that struating age had earlier tried development in the border (ECI) is closely monitoring ‘trishanku’ and need to have an people from over 72 countries to trek to the shrine, nestled in areas including inter-ministe- the ground situation and has aim,” he added. Emphasising and six lakh villages of India the Western Ghats forests, but rial clearances. There is also the not taken any final decision in that the state and the Central would congregate at the same could not make it due to problem of lack of monitoring this regard. Former Chief governments were committed point for the Kumbh. protests by devotees and right- of the implementation of pro- Minister and National to the welfare of youths, the wing activists. jects. “The main reasons attrib- Conference vice president Chief Minister said that in SABARIMALA... uted to the delay as stated by Omar Abdullah has appealed Uttar Pradesh, the government The police’s attempt to take BJP MAKES... the Ministry of Defence is dif- to the Prime Minister to hold had given jobs to 1.5 lakh peo- Manithi members to the shrine At the end of the counting ficult terrain, delay in getting Assembly polls on time. ple under the Prime Minister’s also triggered a political row of votes, Bavaliya secured a environment clearances, inad- Recently Omar Abdullah in a Skill Development programme with the Opposition Congress total 90,262 votes as against equate infrastructure with tweet said, “Sir, please also and 77,000 teachers and 50,000 and the BJP lashing out at the Nakiya’s 70,283, the officials Border Road Organisation commit your Government to policemen were going to be ruling CPI-M-led Left said. A total 2,146 votes were (BRO),” the panel added. Assembly elections in J&K. shortly recruited. Besides, he Democratic Front. BJP State cast as NOTA, they said. The BRO, which draws its Vested interests, including said, under the One District president PS Sreedharan Pillai Polling for the Jasdan Assembly officers and personnel from the some occupying positions of One Product scheme, 20 lakh said the Left Government was seat was held on December 20 Army, is responsible for build- authority in J&K, are trying to people would be benefited. trying to turn the hill top and a voter turnout of 71.27 per ing and maintaining roads in engineer a delay. Your The Chief Minister said that shrine into a “war zone” and cent was recorded. The bypoll border regions. The committee Government’s handling of J&K the fifth Vaicharik Kumbh alleged that there were no became a battle of prestige recommended the BRO should will be judged by whether would be held at Prayagraj on devotees among the Manithi between the ruling BJP and the work to “achieve full connectiv- Assembly elections are on time January 30 where religious members who attempted to Opposition Congress in the ity” and Government should or not sir”. In another tweet heads of all dharmapeeths trek to the shrine. He also wake of the latter winning the “significantly enhance the level Omar said, “6 months from the would gather. “This is the first sought a probe into the matter just held Assembly elections in of priority it gives to border date of dissolution means a time that Kumbh is being held by the National Investigation Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan roads” in view of last year’s return to elected Government at a time when the Unesco has Agency (NIA) and announced and Chhattisgarh. Bavaliya, standoff with Chinese troops at before the end of May 2019. We declared it as a cultural her- that his party will observe a who quit as an Assembly mem- Doklam. A decision to improve look forward to your personal itage,” he added. Emphasising daylong protest in the state on ber on July 2, was made a infrastructure along the China commitment to keeping to that that there were several firsts to Monday. Congress leader Cabinet Minister in the BJP border was made in 2005-06 schedule jenab PM sahib”. LUCKNOW | MONDAY | DECEMBER 24, 2018 nation 05 PM launches Cyber Interception of calls, RAM TEMPLE ISSUE emails done illegally Resolve it either through court Coordination Centre during UPA Govt: BJP or mutual understanding: Nitish PNS n NEW DELHI new awards came at the con- conference, Modi lauded the PTI n NEW DELHI Sambit Patra showed that in two clusion of the annual confer- contribution of the police RTI replies the UPA Govt had said PNS n NEW DELHI rime Minister Narendra ence of Director Generals of forces in maintaining internal he BJP on Sunday claimed that on an average its agencies PModi on Sunday launched Police and Inspector Generals security and directed the heads Tthat interception of calls intercepted 9,000 telephone calls istancing himself from the the website of the Cyber of Police held at Kevadiya in of police forces to take steps and emails were done illegally and 500 emails a month DSangh Parivar’s demand Coordination Centre as a one Narmada district of Gujarat, towards creating a more during the Congress-led UPA for a law to build the Ram tem- stop shop on all cyber related near the statue of Sardar responsive and sensitive police government while Modi dis- of concerned state and ple in Ayodhya. BJP ally and issues, whether it is cyber Vallabh Bhai Patel, country's force, the statement said. pensation has adopted legal Commissioner of Delhi. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish crime or cyber security. The first Union Home Minister The PM further stressed on means with its order designat- “Tell me how is this differ- Kumar on Sunday said the portal launched at the conclu- who is dubbed to have unified the need for coordination of ing 10 agencies to do so. ent from the December 20 temple issue should be resolved sion of the DGPs conference close to 600 princely States into Central Armed Police Forces In an order on Thursday, order? The only difference is either through a court judge- would also act as a bridge the Indian Union. (CAPF) and Central agencies the Union Home Ministry that the December 20 (order) ment or mutual understanding. between law enforcement agen- Modi also released a com- with the state police forces authorised 10 central agencies was legally notified by the cen- “We have maintained for a cies on the one hand, and memorative postal stamp on and amongst neighbouring to intercept, monitor, and tral Government while the long time that this issue should academia and private cyber the National Police Memorial states was absolutely essential decrypt “any information gen- UPA had not notified it and be resolved either through a security professionals on the and a special issue of Indian for successfully dealing with erated, transmitted, received or upon an RTI they had released court judgement or mutual other. Police Journal on police mar- complex issues of crime pre- stored in any computer”. The the list. These 10 agencies were understanding,” he told The PM also announced tyrdom, published by the vention and management of centre's order had come under working even at that time. reporters. Kumar said every the institution of a new nation- Bureau of Police Research and law and order in the country, attack from the opposition They were snooping on 9000 party has its own views but his al honour for National Unity Development (BPR&D). it said. who said that the move was telephone calls and 500 emails party’s stand has been the same on the pattern of Padma The PM also advised the Modi advised the DGPs to “unconstitutional and an every month and Congress is over the matter for long. Awards, the Government said top police brass that a nation- make imaginative use of infor- assault on fundamental rights” accusing others of snooping? BJP’s another ally from in a statement. al level parade may be organ- mation technology to reach out and demanded its immediate “The political party which Bihar, the Lok Janshakti Party, The annual award would ised by police forces of about to all sections of society withdrawal. enforced emergency, the party has also opposed the demand be given to any Indian who has three to four states near Patel's through websites and apps to BJP spokesperson Sambit which brought the post office for brining a legislation to contributed to national unity in statue at Kevadiya every year provide various police related Patra showed that in two RTI amendment bill how can that build the Ram temple at JD(U) chief and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar before a meeting at Shah's any manner, it said, adding that on Patel's birthday on October services and safety advisories. replies the UPA Government in political party level such Ayodhya. LJP chief and Union residence in New Delhi on Sunday PTI the PM drew inspiration from 31, observed as National Unity He highlighted the misuse August 2013 had said that on charges against another party? Minister Ram Vilas Paswan has iconic Congress leader Sardar Day. of social media by anti-nation- an average its agencies inter- The Congress party for its repeatedly said that everyone over alleged deterioration of Hindutva groups, includ- Patel's contribution towards It was Patel, who, as the al forces for creating mass cepted 9000 telephone calls opportunism has gone to the must await the Supreme Court law and order, among other ing BJP’s ideological parent unification of the country. home minister of the country, unrest and for radicalising vul- and 500 emails a month. extent of playing with nation- judgement on this issue. matters, saying their propa- RSS, have been pressing the The three-day Conference had inaugurated the first con- nerable youth in this context. It had also listed 10 agen- al security” he alleged. Among the NDA allies, ganda will have no impact in Central Government to bring also focused on improving ference of Inspector Generals of A large number of issues cies which did the monitoring The decision to intercept only Shiv Sena has backed the Bihar. a legislation to pave the way for cyber security in the country Police in Delhi in 1948. For concerning internal security, - Intelligence Bureau, Narcotics anybody's computer can be demand for brining an ordi- “We are committed to construction of the temple at and on preparing the Police this reason, Patel's message of criminal justice system, ter- Bureau, Enforcement invoked only in matters of nance to construct the pro- development with justice... I the site where Lord Ram is forces to prevent and investi- national unity was the under- rorism, left wing extremism Directorate, CBDT Directorate national integrity and security, posed Ram temple. don’t have the habit of speak- believed to have been born. gate cyber crimes and financial lying theme of this year's con- and bridging the gap between of Revenue Intelligence, CBI, public order and friendly rela- Nitish also took a dig at ing unnecessarily. Some people The case of the Ram temple frauds. ference, it said. police and public were dis- NIA, RA&W, Directorate of tions with other countries, the opposition parties, who have have the habit of only talking land dispute is presently in the The announcement of the At the conclusion of the cussed at the conference. Signal Intelligence, DG Police government has said. been targeting his government while I do my work,” he said. Supreme Court.

As of now, candidates contesting Legislative Govt discusses globalisation Potters’ mural Make false disclosure a ground for Council polls don’t have a bar on campaigning of traditional medicine expenses, which, the EC systems with WHO tribute to Bapu disqualification: EC to tell Law Min wants to put a cap on PNS n NEW DELHI Kingdom, the official added. PNS n NEW DELHI PNS n NEW DELHI 8. While the Law Ministry is ECs based on the recommen- ing the provision gender neu- There was consensus in the the administrative Ministry dation of the CEC. tral. Members of the armed n a move that would help meeting that all stake holding he Khadi and Village he Election Commission for the EC, the Legislative In its report on electoral forces, central armed police Ipropel Indian traditional countries should come togeth- TIndustries Twill make a fresh push for Department is the nodal unit reforms submitted in March, forces, personnel of State police medicinal system on the glob- er to work for the globalization Commission (KVIC) has electoral reforms with the for issues related to the poll 2015, the Law Commission forces posted outside their al stage, the Government is in of traditional medicine systems decided to pay a unique Government, including making panel. had proposed extending con- State and employees of the talks with the World Health which are already finding wide tribute to Mahatma filing of false declaration a The sources said, the stitutional protection to the two Centre posted outside India are Organisation (WHO) to acceptance. Gandhi’s as part of the ground for disqualification and Commission would also ask the ECs. The EC had been pushing eligible to be enrolled as service include AYUSH terminology Over the past few years, year-long 150th birthday putting a cap on expenditure by Ministry to take a call on its to extend constitutional pro- voters. like ayurveda and Unani in its India has been aggressively anniversary celebration. candidates in Legislative demand to extend constitu- tection to the election com- “Much depends on International Classification of promoting AYUSH on the Befitting Bapu’s vision of Council polls, in the coming tional protection to the two missioners. Parliament. The Bill has been Diseases (ICD)-11, a system domestic as well as interna- empowering villagers. days. election commissioners on the Another proposal that the passed by the Lok Sabha... It is that allows health profession- tional stage both for expanding Towards this, the KVIC According to highly-placed lines of the Chief Election EC would press for is making a major electoral reform for als to share health information its global influence and for a will install in New Delhi a sources in the poll panel, the Commissioner. electoral law gender neutral for service voters ahead of the across the globe. share of the estimated US$50- large wall mural of Bapu EC top brass, at the planned The President appoints the armed forces personnel. Lok Sabha polls... We want ICD-11 is the new classifi- billion global market. symbolising the cultural meeting with Legislative Chief Election Commissioner As of now, an Armyman’s Government to get it passed at cation of diseases released in Efforts are also on to integrity and unity of the Secretary G Narayana Raju and Election Commissioners wife is entitled to be enrolled as the earliest,” an EC official June 2018 by the global health ensure better manufacturing nation. after the end of the Winter after the Law Ministry initiates a service voter, but a woman said. Referring to the issue of agency. practices and scientifically val- Inaugurating a two- Session of Parliament, will also the file for their appointment. Army officer’s husband is not, filing false declaration, the “In a recent meeting which idated herbal drugs are made day workshop-cum-train- ask the Government to make A Chief Election according to the provisions in sources said, as of now, it was attended by ambassadors/ available. For instance, CSIR's ing programme bribery during poll period a Commissioner can be removed the electoral law. But a Bill attracts a six months' jail term. high commissioners of 15 two labs-the Central Institute of ‘Technology for Modern cognisable offence. from the office only through pending before the Rajya Sabha But the EC wants to make it nations, it was acknowledged Medicinal & Aromatic Plants Pottery’ at Bishampur vil- The Winter Session of impeachment by Parliament. proposes to replace the term into an “electoral offence”, they that there was a need for dili- (CIMAP) and the National lage of Sewapuri in Varanasi The KVIC will install in Parliament will end on January The President can remove the ‘wife’ with ‘spouse’, thus mak- said. gent integration of traditional Botanical Research Institute district, KVIC Chairman Vinai New Delhi a large wall and complementary systems of (NBRI) have jointly developed Kumar Saxena said that in a mural of Bapu symbolising medicines in the healthcare of anti-diabetes herbal drug BGR- joint effort of highly skilled 150 people with respect to com- 34 which is being sold by the potters from all over the coun- the cultural integrity and bating non-communicable dis- AIMIL Pharma across the try, the KVIC will install 150 unity of the nation eases and promotion of health country. square meters (15 meters long alongside the modern medicine Similarly, research to devel- by 10 meters wide) wall mural, parts of the country has diver- across the world with very low op cost-effective cannabis using ‘chai kulhads’. sified techniques of production cost. based drugs for treatment of “While Each chai kulhad of clay articles. An “In this regard it was also pain in cancer, epilepsy and will be one pixel of the entire Ahmedabad-based firm the felt that, induction of Indian sickle cell anaemia is being con- image, small terracotta parts Clay Club that specialises in Medical systems like Ayurveda, ducted by Council of Scientific will come together to form the terracotta and ceramic prod- Unani and Siddha in the and Industrial Research - entire image. This mural will ucts, will design the artwork International Classification of Indian Institute of Integrative become a finite entity formed and will manage the produc- Diseases (ICD) of the WHO Medicine (CSIR—IIIM) in col- by a simple unit of larger gen- tion by engaging with the iden- would be desirable,” said an laboration with Bombay Hemp erality. The e KVIC will show- tified potters,” he said. official from the Union Ayush Company (BOHECO). case it in some prominent To make the life of mural Ministry. Medical-tourism hotspots place in New Delhi,” he said. weather proof, these kullads Chaired by Union Minister in India too are drawing for- Saxena further said the will be glazed and baked in of AYUSH, Shripad Naik, the eigners in good number. India KVIC has already started iden- high temperature at Gujarat’s meeting on globalisation of has established AYUSH chairs tifying 150 potters from dif- Morbi, which is world famous traditional and alternative sys- in more than two dozen cities ferent parts of the country to for terracotta and glazed clay tems of medicine was attend- to raise awareness about the produce the chai kulhads for articles. The KVIC has so far in ed by Ambassadors/High AYUSH systems of medicine this very purpose. this financial year distributed commissioners of Bhutan, abroad. These countries “The selected potters will 4,700 electric potter wheels in UAE, Cuba, Iran, Ghana, include Malaysia, Trinidad & produce the chai kulhads in different parts of the country Hungary, Trinidad, Oman, Tobago, Mexico, Cuba, stipulated size, shape and fin- and plans to distribute addi- Equatorial Guinea, Sri Lanka, Hungary, Russia (two cells), ish them as India has a great tional 7,000 electric potter Senior BJP leader LK Advani, Union Minister Vijay Goel and other leaders with Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Chaudhary Ajit Singh, son Jayant and family members pay Nepal, Switzerland, Mauritius, Indonesia (two cells), Mauritius pottery tradition and different wheels by March 31 next year. homage to former Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh on his birth anniversary at the central hall of Parliament, in New Delhi on Sunday PTI Bangladesh and The United among others. GST hit J&K tourism hard: Parl panel Indian military delegation ARCHANA JYOTI n NEW DELHI intermediary websites as there iment in attracting foreign is a levy of an 18 per cent of tourists. The print and elec- ourism in Jammu & GST, which cuts across the lit- tronic media, both domestic in Myanmar to boost trust TKashmir is facing the brunt tle profit that they might make, and international, have an of double whammy of ‘negative making their venture unsus- important role in projecting the PNS n NEW DELHI GEN RAWAT HAS The move comes at a time publicity’ and GST on tourism- tainable,” said the report. favourable situations existing in when China has been trying to related activities in the region, In this regard, the com- J&K. tri-services delegation of BEEN PUSHING expand its influence over Nay a Parliamentary panel has mittee recommended that the “The Ministry should also Asenior Indian military offi- Pyi Taw even as both Beijing noted. implementation of GST on involve its counterparts in cials on Sunday left for FOR DEEPER and New Delhi are the only Concerned at the declining tourism related activities in Information and Broadcasting Myanmar as part of a first ever powers who have backed tourism in the picturesque the State must be reconsidered. and External Affairs for the exchange programme, aimed at COORDINATION Myanmar amid international State, the committee headed by It also took serious note of removal of advisories imposed enhancing mutual trust BETWEEN THE pressure for the so called atroc- Rajya Sabha member Kanwar the negative publicity of the by various countries against between the forces of the two ities against the Rohingyas. Deep Singh has asked the State, which it said were based travel to the hill State.” countries guarding a frontier of ARMIES OF THE India has been raising with Government to hold talks with on incorrect facts, was result- To counter the negative 1,640 km. Myanmar its concerns over the countries which have issued ing in lesser tourist arrivals, publicity, the committee, rec- A group of 120 defence TWO COUNTRIES certain insurgent outfits of advisories against travel to J&K cern that the implementation of “Most wholesale traders causing financial losses to hote- ommended that the Ministry of personnel from Myanmar are North Eastern region having and also reconsider imple- the GST on tourism has a insist on payment in cash liers as well as travel agents, Tourism should organize their also visiting India as part of the strategic neighbours and shares bases inside its territory and mentation of the GST on manifold effects, mostly nega- which is a major issue, as the who have to pay idle wages and own publicity campaign and exchange programme, a brain- the 1,640-km border with a asked that country to take tourism sector in the State. tive on the economy of the support from the Government fixed bills, causing huge finan- also engage Youtube and social child of Army Chief Gen. Bipin number of Northeastern states action against them. Myanmar, “It (GST) must be done in region. The committee was must be processed via the cial burden on them. platforms like Instagram and Rawat. The 78-member Indian including militancy-hit on its part, has been assuring a cautious and phased manner informed by the stakeholders Public Financial Management The panel urged the Snapchat and social media delegation will interact with Nagaland and Manipur. India that it would not allow in order to ensure that the del- that sourcing of products and System (PFMS) payment sys- Ministry to initiate dialogue influencers to promote a more senior officials of Myanmar Gen. Rawat has been push- any insurgent group to use its icate State of tourism in the materials is an issue. Unlike tem which insists on digital with the countries which had positive image of the State. military, officials said. ing for deeper coordination territory against India. region is not adversely affect- other States, the residents of transactions. issued travel advisories against Furthermore, the State The Indian Air Force will between the armies of the two In June, 2015, the Indian ed,” said the report on J&K and its business owners “Furthermore, the com- the State for their withdrawal. Government must engage with be facilitating the travel of the countries. Army had carried out an oper- ‘Development of Tourism in spend huge amounts of money mittee was informed that small “The advisories issued by var- business chambers such as Myanmarese military officials, The simultaneous visits by ation in areas near the Indo- Jammu & Kashmir’ which was on procuring essentials, most of business owners for small scale ious countries were based on ASSOCHAM, CII and FICCI some of whom are accompa- the personnel of the armed Myanmar border against the submitted in Parliament which have to be flown in, hotels, bed and breakfasts and ill-informed facts and unnec- to invite and encourage com- nied by their spouses, they forces of the two countries are NSCN (K) terrorists, days after recently. which increases their capital home stays cannot list their essary assessment of local con- panies to host meetings and said. aimed at ensuring ground- terrorists had killed 18 Army The panel noted with con- expenditure. properties on various travel ditions and acted as an imped- visits in the region, it said. Myanmar is one of India's level military cooperation. personnel in Manipur. LUCKNOW | MONDAY | DECEMBER 24, 2018 nation 06 10 killed as bus falls LOK SABHA 2019 POLLS Cong to go solo in Bengal: Rahul into gorge in Gujarat Didi has openly claimed to fight workers are fighting the PCC leader OP Mishra said a Trinamool’s misrule and falling decision had not been taken Ahmedabad: Eight children all 42 LS seats in the State alone victims to their attacks every but added “we have been were among the 10 people day. So they will be hurt and the opposing both the Trinamool killed when a bus in which they party will suffer immensely if and BJP in Assembly jointly were returning, after enjoying SAUGAR SENGUPTA n KOLKATA augment the Congress’ brand they see our leaders with those and also we have been facing a picnic, fell into a 200-feet value ahead of any alliance talks who are responsible for destroy- them together out on the field.” gorge in Gujarat's Dang district, ith its chances of a deal with the Left Front should it ing the Congress in Bengal. Meanwhile in a meaning- police said on Sunday. Wwith the Trinamool crop up. Now it is their decision and we ful development CPI(M) State Around 80 people, mostly Congress coming to a nil after Gandhi told Mitra and cannot interfere with that.” secretary Suryakanto Mishra students of a coaching class in Mamata Banerjee’s public pro- Gaurav Gogoi the AICC leader The PCC president said he on Sunday said that it would be Surat, were travelling in the nouncement of solo fight in all observer for Bengal to “prepare Trinamool Congress-spon- had briefed Gandhi about the an act of folly if the people bus, which was on its way to the 42 Lok Sabha seats in the to fight on our own,” sources sored grand Opposition rally at Trinamool misrule and the thought that the TMC would Surat when the incident next year’s general elections, the said. Mitra who held a 15- the historic Brigade Parade threat of a rising BJP. “We have fight the BJP and vice versa. occurred on the Mahal- Congress national leadership minute parley with the Ground in Kolkata, Mitra said also told him how the “These two parties are in Bardipada road near Ahwa has asked its Bengal unit to Congress president briefing “we have only reported the Trinamool is trying to ignore fact complementary to each town, 380 km from here, on strengthen its organisation and him about the ground realities ground realty to the leadership. the Congress’ achievements in other because they survive on Saturday evening, the police Source: ANI prepare for a go-alone contest in the State said “we have been As a regional leader I could not the Hindi belt where we recent- different kind of communalism said. in the State. asked to strengthen our party have given any advice to the ly won the elections. He gave us and suppression of the Over 24 people were Seventeen students with in the age group of 10-16 years, Party national president organisation in the State and national leadership on this a patient hearing and asked us Opposition: Tripura and injured when the driver appar- serious injuries were shifted to are residents of Amroli area in Rahul Gandhi has asked Bengal prepare the party to fight on count. I only told him (Gandhi) to strengthen the organisation Bengal are two glaring exam- ently lost control of the bus. hospitals in Surat. The rescue Surat. The students were Pradesh Congress president our own in the upcoming Lok that the ground situation in with a view to fight the elec- ples,” he said adding the other The deceased included eight operation continued till late returning after visiting the Somen Mitra to oil the party’s Sabha elections.” Bengal is such that the grass- tions alone.” secular minded parties should children and two adults, said on Saturday night, the SP Sabri dam in Dang. The picnic organisational machinery When asked as to whether roots workers do not want the On whether there was any come together “to fight out Superintendent of Police (SP) said. was sponsored by their tuition insiders said interpreting the the national Congress leader- Congress to join the rally. chance of the Congress’ hold- these fascist forces as a prime Shweta Shrimali. All the students, who were class. PTI instruction as a measure to ship would attend the “At the ground level the ing the Marxist hand another national duty.” Dravidian ideology once again demolished PNS n CHENNAI Word of Gospel and made author Sandeep Balakrishna generations of innocent Tamils kept, photocopied the original Tamil Nadu his home till he based in Karanataka proves from being corrupted,” reads pages and distributed the same he theory of a separate died in 1891. Caldwell has that the original work of the noting made by Swamy. among hardcore Dravidians of TDravidian ideology as been accorded the status of the Caldwell has been tampered by Caldwell says in his book Presidency College and Madras claimed by the Dravidian par- Father of Dravidian ideology by Madras University. that ‘beginning of Tamil litera- University. ties in Tamil Nadu has been diehard Dravidians. “Caldwell’s book was first ture is not earlier than 10CE . M ‘Their response: “You’re demolished again, this time by “A Comparative Grammar published in 1856. Its second S Purnalingam Pillai, a very tough! You have managed the findings of late BGL Swamy, of Dravidian or South Indian edition saw light in 1857. It con- Dravidian ideological scholar, to fool even the officials of the a scholar from Karnataka. Family of Languages" authored tained an elaborate preface dates the Third Sangam litera- Museum!” ,’Swamy wrote in his Swamy who was a former by Caldwell is considered as a (154 pages) in a book totalling ture to a period between 1750 memoirs. Swamy had authored professor and principal of seminal volume on the identi- 608 pages. In 1936, the Madras BCE and 100 CE while M. an academic paper “The Art of Presidency College in Chennai ty of the South Indian lan- University published an Srinivasa Aiyangar places it Making Things Disappear” (1953- 1978) has found that guages. He claimed in his work abridged version of this book in between 5th Century BCE and based on his studies. Robert Caldwell, founder of that the South Indian languages which the preface was chopped 6th Century CE. Still others date This is not the first time Dravidian ideology, had said of Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, off in several places. The it variously from the 2nd Caldwell’s efforts to divide India that Tamil literature originated Kannada, Tulu and the Brahui Dravidianists are smart. If Century BCE and the 1st on the Aryan and Dravidian only in the 10CE while the language spoken in Pakistan someone shows them evidence Century CE’, says Swamy’s notes. lines are being exposed. Rajiv Dravidians claim that it dated and Afghanistan belonged to that goes against their current The deleted pages from Malhotra and Aravindan back to 1800 BCE. the distinct Dravidian family train of opinion, they ensure the preface of the book Neelakandan, in their work The edifice of Dravidian and had no relation with that such evidence vanishes authored by Caldwell holds “Breaking India” has quoted identity and related politics Sanskrit or Hindi spoken in completely. They have ensured the key to the whole Dravidian what Timothy Brook and has been built on an ideology North India. that the first and second edi- theory, according to Swamy. He Andre Schmid mentioned introduced by Caldwell, an The notes chronicled by tions of Caldwell’s book have wrote to British Museum about Caldwell in their work Irish evangelist who came to Swamy, which were examined similarly vanished in order to Library where the original edi- “Asian Elites and National India in 1838 to spread the and translated into English by protect the current and future tions of Caldwell’s books are Identities”. A view of Betab Valley after a fresh snowfall at Pahalgam in Anantnag district of south Kashmir on Sunday PTI Rajasthan: 23 Ministers PM manipulating data to boast Bogibeel: India's longest PM Modi rail-road bridge has lifespan ‘hollow man', likely to take oath today about Govt achievements: Yechuri did nothing for of around 120 years Jaipur/New Delhi: As many as opportunity to those who have Kolkata: CPI(M) general sec- Dushashan, just as in the BJP, nation: AP CM 23 newly elected legislators — 22 not held ministerial portfolios in retary Sitaram Yechuri on we know of Modi and Shah." Dibrugarh (Assam): Bogibeel, Congress and one RLD — are the past. Sunday alleged that Prime "The Kauravas said how Asia's second longest rail-cum- Amaravati (AP): Andhra expected to take oath as They said over a dozen of Minister Narendra Modi was can five Pandavas defeat 100 of road bridge that will be opened Pradesh Chief Minister N Ministers in the first Rajasthan them will be seen in tomorrow's resorting to manipulation of them, but eventually that hap- to traffic by Prime Minister Chandrababu Naidu on Cabinet formation on Monday. cabinet expansion. statistics to paint a rosy picture pened; likewise the BJP claims Narendra Modi on Tuesday, Sunday dubbed Prime Minister Chief Minister Ashok Meanwhile, Gehlot has so of his Government's achieve- to be invincible, but the state has a serviceable period of Narendra Modi as a “hollow” Gehlot and Deputy Chief far initiated a few transfers of ments. polls have shown they can be around 120 years, senior officials man who has “done nothing” Minister Sachin Pilot, who took officials with the likelihood of a Yechuri claimed Modi's defeated," Yechury said. said here. for the country. oath on December 17, returned thorough reshuffle of bureau- announcement that 99 per cent system has been established to He said the Government's The 4.9 km-long Bogibeel He also accused the Modi to the State Capital on Sunday crats after the cabinet formation. goods will now attract 18 per a large extent and we are work- move to authorise 10 Central Bridge on the Bramhaputra Government of “denying” spe- noon after spending three days "As many as 22 Congress cent or lower GST as a "post ing towards a position where 99 agencies to intercept any infor- river is India's only fully weld- cial category status to Andhra in New Delhi for a meeting with and one alliance partner RLD's truth", since 97 per cent of mer- per cent items will attract the mation on computers was an ed bridge for which european Railways, the girder has steel Pradesh, despite promising it in president Rahul Gandhi and MLA are likely to take oath at chandise or services already sub-18 per cent GST slab." indication that the country codes and welding standards floor system for railway tracks Parliament. senior party functionaries. Raj Bhawan on Monday," a attract 18 per cent or less GST. The GST Council on was moving "towards a police were adhered to for the first time and concrete for road. Naidu said Modi did noth- The names of council of party leader informed. "The method adopted by Saturday reduced tax rates on state." in the country, said Chief "Early flood in the river ing even for his home state ministers have been finalised by Those who are likely to Modi surpasses Goebells," he 23 goods and services, includ- Alleging that the Centre Engineer Mohinder Singh. Brahmaputra restricted the Gujarat as its Chief Minister for the State Congress leaders take oath are BD Kalla, Raghu said, drawing a parallel with ing movie tickets, TV and wants to gag dissenting voice, Singh said a fully welded working season to a very short 12 years, but made everyone including Gehlot and Pilot after Sharma, Shanti Dhariwal, Lal Hitler's Propaganda Minister monitor screens and power he said people talking against bridge has a low maintenance period of approximately five believe he did "great things". rounds of discussion with Rahul Chand Kataria, Pramod Jain during the Nazi rule in banks, and exempted frozen the Government are termed cost. The bridge, constructed at months (from November to "We all believed this. The Gandhi and other senior lead- Bhaya, Parsadi Lal Meena, Germany. and preserved vegetables from 'urban Naxalites'. an estimated cost of Rs 5,900 March) and demanded huge whole country believed this but ers, sources said. Vishvendra Singh, Harish "Statistics are manipulated the levy. Yechury also criticised the crore, has a "serviceable period mobilisation of construction were left cheated", the chief The swearing in ceremony choudhary, Ramesh Chand to distort facts," Yechuri said, With this cut, only 28 Trinamool Congress (TMC) of around 120 years", he said. equipment," said Singh. minister said in a continued is expected to be held in Jaipur Meena, Bhanwar Lal Meghwal, speaking at a seminar on Karl goods are now left in the high- for taking different stands in The bridge reduces travel Transportation of concrete diatribe against Modi. at 11.30 AM on Monday, they Pratap Singh Khachariyawas, Marx's 200th birth anniversary est 28-per cent tax bracket. West Bengal and at the nation- time from Assam to Arunachal across river channels of 600 He also released a 'white said. AICC general secretary in Udai Lal Anjana, Saleh celebrations, organised by the Yechury said in order to al level on upholding democ- Pradesh to four hours and will metre to 900 metre width from paper' on "implementation" of charge of Rajasthan, Avinash Mohammad and Govind Singh Communist Party of divert and dilute protests grow- ratic rights. cut out the detour of over 170 both the north and south banks Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Pandey and Congress observer Dotasara. Mamta Bhupesh, India(Marxist) here. ing against the Government He said that West Bengal km via Tinsukia. was the biggest challenge, he Act, 2014 and the "connected for the State on Government for- Arjun Singh Bamaniya, He also claimed that the over "miseries of people, the Chief Minister and TMC It will also reduce Delhi to said. To overcome this, concrete assurances", here, targeting pri- mation, K C Venugopal, besides Bhanwar Singh Bhati, Sukhram Prime Minister and the ruling BJP and similar other supremo Mamata Banerjee was Dibrugarh train-travel time by was pumped through pipeline marily the PM. AICC secretaries for the state Vishnoi, Ashok Chandna, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) organisations are resorting to "murdering democracy in about three hours to 34 hours as laid over buoys. "A leader makes all the dif- were also involved in the delib- Tikaram Jully, Bhajanlal Jatav, were resorting to such manip- sharpening of communal Bengal and speaking of against 37 hours presently. "Eighty-thousand tonnes of ference. We believed what all erations for deciding on the Rajendra Singh Yadav and ulation to suit their interest and polarisation." upholding it in the rest of the Modi will open the bridge to steel plates was delivered for the Narendra Modi said. What is Ministers, the sources said. RLD's Subhash Garg are also paint a rosy picture of the Likening PM Modi and country." traffic, 16 years after it was project via a combination of rail Narendra Modi today... Rahul Gandhi intends to likely to take oath, he said. National Democratic Alliance BJP national president Amit The CPI(M) politburo announced by then prime min- and road transport, while a Hollow," Naidu remarked. focus on having a Cabinet with Rajasthan can have a total of (NDA) Government's achieve- Shah with characters from the member said in the run up to ister Atal Bihari Vjpayee. 1,000 tonne hydraulic jack and The Prime Minister had a majority being fresh faces, 30 Ministers including the Chief ments, when the ground real- Mahabharata, the former Rajya the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, The bridge has a two-line strand jacks linked with the sub- been campaigning that there sources said, adding the Cabinet Minister and the Gehlot cabinet ity was otherwise. Sabha member said, "Of the one has to be clear who are the railway track on the lower deck structures were used for moving was no great leader than him, will be a blend of the old and will have some vacancies left Modi had on Tuesday said 100 Kauravas, we know the real allies in the fight against and a three-lane road on the top steel truss over the pillars," he he alleged, adding "but he is no new guard and will give an which will be filled later. PTI in Mumbai, "Today, the GST names of Duryodhan and the saffron party. PTI deck. For the first time in Indian said. PTI good". PTI From Patna to London, PMCH alumni bats for Stalin’s ‘RaGa as PM’ pitch fails to enthuse Opp saving old buildings of historical medical college KUMAR CHELLAPPAN n “If he had planned to play a Minister. “This leader feels CHENNAI Karunanidhi, it has ended as a that the National Herald case Patna: The Bihar young provincial capital of "All historic institutions mishap. Stalin is no match for and the Augusta Westland Government's decision to rede- Bihar. endeavour to preserve their MK chief M K Stalin’s last Karunanidhi who was cun- helicopter case would put velop Patna's prestigious The college, renamed a few heritage for the next generation. Dweek ‘Chennai Declaration’ ning and intelligent,” added spokes in the way of the moth- PMCH by demolishing its his- decades after Independence, And, the coming generation that Rahul Gandhi would be the Satyamurthy. er-son duo becoming the toric buildings has upset the as the Patna Medical College will be robbed off seeing the Prime Ministerial candidate of Both Satyamurthy and Sam Prime Minister and he being alumni of the State's first med- and Hospital, popularly known heritage of Bihar's first medical the united Opposition has failed Rajappa, veteran journalist, are the senior most leader of the ical college, who have appealed as PMCH, is dotted with his- college. The Government to enthuse the main Opposition of the view that Tamil Nadu party stands a chance to to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar torical buildings, including the should preserve it," PMCH parties not only in other States was still in a state of fluid fol- emerge as a person acceptable to save the heritage of the 93- Bankipore General Hospital Alumni Association president but also the outfits in Tamil lowing the death of Jayalalithaa to all,” said another senior year-old institution for the and Women Hospital, which Dr Satyajeet Kumar Singh said. Nadu. Sources close to the and Karunanidhi, the bosses of Congress leader. posterity. were equipped with special lifts Patna-based Singh, who DMK’s top leadership told The the AIADMK and the DMK. His statement might have Born in 1925 as the Prince in that era, the main adminis- had worked for several years in Pioneer that Stalin’s surprise “They were a class apart and made him a favourite with the of Wales Medical College, set trative building, and physiolo- the UK after completing his declaration did not have the there are no leaders in both the Nehru-Gandhi family but what up to commemorate the visit of gy and anatomy departments, graduation, rued that the cam- endorsement of even his own parties to take their positions Stalin lost in the process is the the then Prince of Wales, among other structures. pus buildings had some neglect party colleagues. It may be ,” said Sam Rajappa. respect he enjoyed among Edward VIII, its iconic, old her- The new project of the over the last few decades, but noted that Durai Murugan, the Even TTV Dhinakaran, other Opposition leaders like itage building are now pro- Bihar Government has not it would be "grossly unwise" to party treasurer who is the de the State said that he was Kerala, the Communists (both founder of the AMMK , the Mamta Banerjee, chief minis- posed to be dismantled in gone down well with the demolish them and such a facto number two in party happy with the name of any the CPI-M and the CPI) are breakaway faction of the ter of Bengal, Chandra Babu multiple phases as part of a PMCH alumni, living in Bihar massive hospital in a congest- hierarchy has not responded to Congressman proposed by the engaged in a direct battle with AIADMK, ruled out projecting Naidu, Chief Minister of redevlopment plan. or abroad, who have suggested ed area meant it would lead to the announcement made by his DMK chief. the Congress and do not like to Rahul Gandhi as Prime Andhra Pradesh, said Rajappa. The Prince of Wales had restoring and preserving the "traffic nightmares" in streets. party boss. Though Stalin endeared be seen n public as allies of the Minister. There are some on “Many senior leaders of the visited Patna on December 22- historic institution in its orig- The State Cabinet had in Except the leaders of fringe himself to Sonia Gandhi and Congress,” said G Satyamurthy, Tamil Nadu who views Stalin’s Opposition parties stayed away 23 in 1921 as part of his royal inal form and developing November given its nod for the outfits like VCK and Muslim Rahul Gandhi by the declara- columnist and commentator. move as a pre-emptive strike from the swearing in of the tour of India and the college "extension centres" in periph- redevelopment of the PMCH League, no major allies of the tion, it has failed to enthuse the He further stated that against a senior Congress three Congress chief ministers,” was established four years later eral areas of Patna, like Bihta or into the world's-largest 5462- DMK has come out in support spirit of the Communist par- Stalin’s out-of-turn statement leader from Tamil Nadu who he pointed out. The ‘Chennai to perpetuate the memory of Fatuha, on the lines of AIIMS bed hospital at an estimated of the “Rahul for PM” slogan. ties. “They are in a dilemma was proof of the political has been secretly pushing him- Declaration’ has remained a his visit to what was then a extension centres. cost of `5540 crore. PTI A veteran Congress leader in because in neighbouring immaturity of the DMK chief. self for the post of Prime non-starter. LUCKNOW | MONDAY | DECEMBER 24, 2018 nation 07 ‘Mahagathbandhan incoherent alliance of rich dynasties’ Chennai: Prime Minister said without referring to any- between Congress and its parties, he said while they were worker, Modi charged that the Modicare healthcare, the fast Narendra Modi on Sunday one. southern ally DMK, Modi said passing resolutions against Congress tried to spread lies pace of construction of public lashed out at the proposed DMK President MK Stalin, none had forgotten where the Congress "not long ago," call- among people about BJP. and individual toilets and gov- mega party coalition or a who had recently proposed two parties stood on the Jain ing it "pro-imperialist", respon- "They spare no effort to ernment spending on sustain- mahagathbandhan to take on Congress chief Rahul Gandhi Commission. sible for price rise, agriculture mislead people about the able transportation such as the the ruling BJP at the Centre, as Opposition's Prime "That time Congress said crisis and much more, now progress our party is making. chennai metro rail, among oth- terming it an "unholy alliance" Ministerial candidate for the either it is DMK or it is us. But they were praising each other. Almost every poor household ers. of various political parties for 2019 Lok Sabha polls, was one today they are together. If not In an apparent dig at in the country has a Jandhan Year 2018 was a "great 'personal survival.' of the leaders incarcerated dur- opportunism, what explains Sharad Pawar's NCP, Modi bank account but the Congress year" for the country and was People will see through ing the Emergency. their alliance," he asked. said "another party based in will mislead people saying that a "watershed" one, he added. the 'incoherent alliance' of 'rich "Corrupt and criminal ele- Taking on BJP's former Maharashtra was formed in their money is not safe in The government has also dynasties,' Modi said during his ments are supreme when these ally Telugu Desam Party, severe opposition to the banks. been working for the senior cit- interaction with booth workers parties govern. It is common helmed by Andhra Pradesh Congress leadership." "About six crore people izens' welfare and among other from Chennai Central, knowledge how the Congress Chief Minister N Chandrababu "The truth is that this so- have got gas connection. But things, slashed their Income Chennai North, Madurai, harassed Mulayamji (SP leader Naidu, he said it was floated by called grand alliance is a club those who have been rejected Tax slabs, reduced prices of Tiruchirappally and Tiruvallur Mulayam Singh Yadav) with the veteran N T Rama Rao of rich dynasties. They are by people spread all types of lies stents and knee implants and constituencies in Tamil Nadu. be inspired by the socialist for personal ambitions, not cases. Have these parties done "who faced the anger and high- only to promise family rule. on it. They will mislead the provided subsidised medicines The Prime Minister said leader Ram Manohar Lohia, people's aspirations," he justice to the ideals of Dr handedness of the Congress." People can see through their people on the Awas yojana through Jan Aushadi centres. the key constituent of the mega but the veteran himself charged. Lohia," he said, adding the "He formed a party for the opportunism and will never (Housing scheme)...", he said. The process for providing alliance — Telugu Desam Party opposed Congress and its He recalled Lohia as saying answer was a 'resounding' no. pride and respect of the Telugus accept such an incoherent During his interaction, the life certificate for pensioners — was formed against the very ideaologies, Modi said. that Congress is a 'compromise Further, the Congress and at a time when the Congress coalition. India wants democ- Prime Minister highlighted has also been simplified with 'high- handedness' of the "Today several leaders are party' which has made com- its 'ecosytem' spared none, humiliated a chief minister of racy, the alliance wants dynasty. India's recent achievements, the launch of an Aadhaar- Congress by the veteran, late talking about a grand alliance promises on many ideological Modi said and pointed out at Andhra Pradesh. Yet today the India wants growth for all, the especially in 2018, such as the based online facility, he said, Chief Minister N T Ramarao, or a mahagathbandhan. This issues, national interest issues". the dismissal of the AIADMK party of NTR wants to ally with alliance wants growth only for country gaining rankings in and urged the party workers but that the party was now keen alliance is for personal survival, Further, many leaders in government of the late chief the Congress. How can people their families." he said lam- the ease of doing business to highlights these to the to join hands with Congress. not idealogy based support. the coalition were "arrested minister M G Ramachandran of Andhra Pradesh accept this," basting the opposition group- index. elders at various locations Further, some parties in the This alliance is for power, not and tortured" during the in 1980. he said. ing. He also referrred to the including their morning walks mahagathbandhan claimed to for the people. This alliance is Emergency, the Prime Minister Recalling the past rivalry Taking a swipe at the Left To a question from a party launch of the comprehensive and temples. Man held in Meghalaya ‘Delhi Assembly proceedings rubbed mine mishap admits salt on wounds of 1984 riot victims’ he's the owner: Police Shillong: The man, who was km from Shillong — belonged arrested in connection with the to him, Superintendent of Police mine mishap in Meghalaya's Sylvester Nongtynger told PTI. East Jaintia Hills district a fort- Two mine managers, night ago, has admitted that he Mohesh and James Sukhlain, are was the owner of the 370-foot- still on the run, he said. deep illegal quarry, police said Sukhlain facilitates mine on Sunday. operations, while Mohesh is the Fifteen miners were trapped person responsible for bringing in the "rat-hole" mine on labourers from West Garo Hills December 13 after water from district and Assam, the SP said. nearby Lytein river gushed into Earlier, the police had said it. All efforts to trace the labour- Chullet was involved in hiring ers have turned futile as the labourers and sending them water level in the mine showed down the shaft. Around 20 BJP president Amit Shah speaking at a conclave of BJP’s booth level workers in Delhi on Sunday PTI no signs of receding in the past miners had entered the 370-foot 11 days. Krip Chullet, who was mine on Dec 13. After reaching PTI n NEW DELHI clave of the BJP’s booth level BJP returning to power after arrested on December 14, the bottom of the pit, they workers here. 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Shah said Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis flanked by Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari and Maharashtra Revenue admitted during interrogation entered the horizontal tunnels, ashing out at the Congress The Sikh victims had been the party’s win will mean the Minister Chandrakant Patil during foundation stone-laying ceremony for construction of 6 lane tunnel in Khambataki Ghat in that the mine in Lumthari village often termed "rat-holes", as each Land the AAP, BJP chief denied justice for so many victory of nationalism over Satara on Sunday PTI of Khliehriat area — around 80 just about fits one person. PTI Amit Shah on Sunday said years because “the perpetrators casteism and nepotism. what happened in the Delhi of the riots were also the pro- He claimed that the BJP Assembly over the adoption of tectors (of the accused)”, the will return to power in 2019 a resolution on the 1984 anti- BJP chief said in a veiled ref- with a bigger mandate than Sena corners BJP Sikh riots was like “rubbing erence to the Congress. Shah 2014. Targeting the AAP, he Gadkari on back foot again salt” on the victims’ wounds. said Prime Minister Narendra said the party’s chief and Delhi He also accused Congress chief Modi-led government at the Chief Minister Arvind Rahul Gandhi of supporting Centre in four years of its rule Kejriwal, who claims to be a on Kamal Nath’s illegal migrants. The Delhi had not only “assured justice” common man, is now moving over non-completion of project Assembly on Friday adopted a to the victims by formation of around with security person- resolution on the 1984 anti- a special investigation team but nel. “Where are the hospitals, TN RAGHUNATHA n MUMBAI ject was stuck for some many power. So some leaders sug- Sikh riots in which it was also provided compensation schools, marshals in buses for ‘job loss’ remark years. Even we had thought it gested, just make tall promises. demanded that the Bharat to the affected families. women’s security and CCTV nown for his candidness, would never be completed. If we do not come to power, we Ratna awarded to former prime He also trained his guns at cameras? The condition of TN RAGHUNATHA n MUMBAI made an issue of Kamal Nath’s KUnion Minister and senior But, this project has been com- won't be responsible anyway." minister Rajiv Gandhi be with- Gandhi over the Rafale deal. Mohalla Clinics is such that decision to accord priority in BJP leader Nitin Gadkari puts pleted during the tenure of Rahul Gandhi shared the pur- drawn, but the ruling Aam “Despite the Supreme Court’s filth and dogs have been found ebunking the ruling BJP jobs to local people and make his foot in mouth once again by our Government in the State,” ported video on his twitter Aadmi Party (AAP) swiftly judgement on the Rafale deal, in many of them,” he said. Ddemand for an apology it mandatory on new industries saying that the BJP-led Gadkari said. handle and commented: "You distanced itself from the refer- he (Gandhi) is still lying and The Kejriwal government from Congress president Rahul to reserve jobs for local people. Maharashtra Government had Gadkari said that the Maha are right. The public also ence to the Congress leader. levelling allegations,” Shah said. has “failed” to keep its promis- Gandhi for Madhya Pradesh Raut wondered as to what disproved the apprehension Government had completed believes that the Govt exploit- Later, Deputy Chief Speaking about illegal immi- es in Delhi, he alleged. Shah Chief Minister Kamal Nath’s wrong Kamal Nath had done in that, even a eunuch, if is mar- many pending irrigation pro- ed their dreams and their trust." Minister of Delhi Manish grants, he reiterated that the claimed that the Modi govern- comment that MP's "youth" stating MP's "youth" were los- ried, could beget a child, but a jects during the last four years. On his part, Gadkari clar- Sisodia clarified that the lines BJP government will identify ment had fulfilled all its were losing jobs to migrants ing jobs to migrants from Uttar local irrigation project would Gadkari’s reference to ified latter that he did not about the former PM were not and expel the “infiltrators” promises for Delhi and the BJP from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, Pradesh and Bihar. “A contro- never be completed. eunuchs is bound to spark a name PM Modi, the BJP nor part of the original resolution from the country. He ques- will give an account of its work Shiv Sena on Sunday demand- versy broke out after the new Speaking at a farmers’ rally controversy in the State. The did he speak of giving `15 lakh placed before the House. He tioned the Congress’ stand to the voters in 2019 elections. ed to know from its senior CM of MP made a statement to at Sangli in western “eunuch begetting a child” con- to people. Alluding to the video, said it was a handwritten over the issue. “The NRC exer- He added that it was “unfortu- alliance partner as to why it did this effect. The BJP made an Maharashtra, Gadkari said “We troversy comes on the heels of Gadkari said: “During the amendment proposed by a cise was started in Assam and nate” that the Kejriwal gov- not apologise for the manner in issue of it even in Parliament. had an apprehension that even another controversy over a Maharashtra State Assembly member, which and it cannot as soon as it happened Rahul ernment did not allow imple- which north-Indians were beat- The BJP men demanded an a eunuch, if is married, can comment reportedly made dur- polls (late BJP leader) Gopinath be passed in such a manner. baba and company started cry- mentation of the Ayushman en up and driven out of Gujarat apology from Rahul Gandhi. A beget a child, but irrigation pro- ing a conversation with a media Munde ji and (Chief Minister) “What has happened in the ing hoarse. I want to ask Rahul Bharat scheme in Delhi fearing a few months ago. few months ago, hundreds of jects in Maharashtra would channel. Devendra ji (Fadnavis) had Assembly and later was like if he has any concern for the Modi will gain popularity. Shah In a signed article written youths from north India were never be completed. But, our It may be recalled that told him to announce that toll rubbing salt on the wounds of countrymen dying in terrorist accused the Congress of in Shiv Sena’s mouth-piece beaten up and driven out of the Government has disproved our sometime in October this year, would be abolished the BJP the anti-Sikh riot victims,” blasts,” he said. “Why do you “bungling” crores of rupees by “Saamana”, the Sena spokesper- BJP-ruled Gujarat on the issue apprehension and completed a video surfaced in which comes to power. I said let's not Shah said without elaborating. (Rahul Gandhi) worry about using the National Herald son and newspaper’s Executive of north-Indians cornering the long-pending Tembu irri- Gadkari is quoted as saying in do it because this action will “It has exposed the double- them? Are they your cousins building as “private property”. Editor Sanjay Raut ridiculed jobs there. At that time, the BJP gation project in Sangli district”. Marathi that the BJP "was con- lead to problem as it will be dif- faced character of the Aam (mausere bhai)?” he asked. He alleged that the party hid Rs the manner in which the BJP did not tender any apology”. “The Tembu irrigation pro- fident it could never come to ficult to implement it. Aadmi Party,” he said at a con- Exuding confidence about the 600 crore to save income tax. Former Mumbai N-capable Agni-IV missile test-fired Pakistan a land of atrocities sheriff Nana PTI n BALASORE against minorities: Naqvi Chudasama dies ndia on Sunday successful- TN RAGHUNATHA n MUMBAI Ily test-fired its nuclear- PTI n NEW DELHI Naseeruddin Shah, whose capable long-range ballistic comments expressing con- umbai’s former Sheriff missile Agni-IV, with a strike he BJP on Sunday lashed cern over mob violence in the Mand founder of Giants range of 4,000 km, as part of Tout at Pakistan Prime country were seized upon by International Nana Mansinh a user trial by the Army. The Minster Imran Khan over his Imran Khan to claim on Chudasama, known for his strategic surface-to-surface barb at India on treatment of Saturday that he will show the witty “Talk of the Town” ban- missile was flight tested from minorities, terming his coun- Indian government how to ners along Marine Drive in launch complex-4 of the try “a land of atrocities against treat minorities. south Mumbai, died here on Integrated Test Range (ITR) at minorities” who have been “Naseeruddin Shah Sunday, following brief ill- Dr Abdul Kalam Island, ear- “persecuted” there since its should also consider that such ness. Chudasama, better lier known as Wheeler Island, birth in 1947. Minorities a sweeping statement that is known in the recent years as at about 8.35 am, defence Affairs Minister Mukhtar also factually incorrect causes the father of fashion designer- sources said. Abbas Naqvi used a Hidni a lot of harm and is used by turned-BJP spokesperson Describing the trial as a proverb and described Khan’s anti-India forces to target our Shaina NC, was 86. “complete success”, they said comments as a case of a cat country,” Naqvi said. Chudasama, who through his all mission objectives were going on a pilgrimage after Shah had cited the murder thought-provoking banners met during the test-fire. All eating 100 mice (Sau chuhe of a police inspector in Uttar had earned sobriquets of being radars, tracking systems and khake bill Haj ko chali). Pradesh’s Bulandshahr by a the "conscience keeper of range stations tracked and In hard-hitting remarks mob protesting alleged slaugh- Mumbai" and "voice of the monitored the flight perfor- against Pakistan, Naqvi said cent of its population, he said. ter of cow to express his con- common man", had over the mance of the missile, which that number of minorities Targeting Khan, Naqvi cern. Slamming Pakistan, years penned hundreds of was launched with support of like Hindus, Sikhs and named a number of popular Naqvi said, “It is a land of atroc- banners on topical issues of a mobile launcher. Radars Christians have fallen by Indian artistes, including ities against minorities. It is a public importance. and electro-optical systems January 2, 2018 was (DRDO) sources said. Agni- vehicle reaches the target with almost 90 per cent in that Yusuf Khan better known as land where the blood of Put up at a vantage “Talk had been positioned along successful. IV missile is equipped with accuracy. The re-entry heat country since its birth in 1947 Dilip Kumar, and Aamir minorities have been spilled of the Town” point along the the coast of Odisha for track- The indigenously devel- advanced Avionics, 5th gen- shield can withstand temper- as they were hounded by Khan, Salman Khan and over the decades. For it to lec- Marine Drive, his banners ing and monitoring all para- oped sophisticated Agni-IV eration On Board Computer atures in the range of 4000 Islamic fundamentalists in Shahrukh Khan, and noted ture us on minority rights is a would draw the attention of meters of the missile, the having 4,000 km strike range and distributed architecture. It degrees centigrade and makes collusion with its government. that generations of Indians case of a cat going on a pil- the office goers in the late sev- sources said, adding two naval is a two-stage missile. It is 20- has the latest features to cor- sure avionics function nor- Unlike Pakistan, where have admired them. “Can grimage after eating 100 mice.” enties eighties, nineties and ships were anchored near the meter-long with a weight of 17 rect and guide itself for in- mally with inside temperature minorities were killed, forced Imran Khan name a single Minorities’ constitutional, even 2000s. A compilation of target area to witness the final tonnes, they said. “The state- flight disturbances, they said. remaining less than 50 degrees to convert or persecuted out Pakistani artiste who has social and democratic rights in 500 such witty banners was event. This was the 7th trial of of-the-art missile is equipped The accurate Ring Laser centigrade. Ballistic missiles of the country, in India they come from a minority com- India have always been secure, brought out in the form of a Agni-IV missile. with modern and compact Gyro-based Inertial like Agni-I, II and III and have grown and are an equal munity and been liked as he said, adding that Pakistan’s book in 2010. Chudasama, The last trial conducted by avionics to provide high level Navigation System (RINS), Prithvi have been included in partner in development, much as these actors are in ill-treatment of its minorities whom many Mumbaikars the strategic force command of reliability and precision,” supported by highly reliable the arsenal of the armed Naqvi asserted. In the neigh- India,” Naqvi said. The Union have been recorded by various would call as Mumbai’s origi- (SFC) of the Indian Army Defence Research and redundant Micro Navigation forces, giving India an effec- bouring country, minorities minister also had a word of global bodies, including the nal “tweeter”, had come up from the same base on Development Organisation System (MINGS), ensures the tive deterrence capability. are barely two to three per advice for veteran Indian actor United Nations. several eye-catching banners. LUCKNOW | MONDAY | DECEMBER 24, 2018 op nion 08 www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION Snooping silently Perils of digital democracy Allowing agencies to snoop on electronic communication is not an issue. But where are the safeguards? As India heads into an election year, we should be wary of the dangers posed by the he Union Home Ministry’s notifi- cation that allows 10 agencies of spread of fake and malicious information that can upend the democratic process Tthe Indian Government — from criminal investigative and intelligence agencies to economic agencies — to snoop on people’s electronic commu- nication is nothing spectacular in its own right. This because in many countries, Governments, even those that are democratically-elected, snoop on the exchanges of their own and even KUSHAN MITRA foreign citizens. It is almost certain that Indian intelligence agencies have been irst things first, I would like to wish snooping on electronic data of suspected terrorists and their sympathis- all the readers of The Pioneer a ers. On this front, they are as adept as their counterparts in the Western merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We all know that 2019 world. And after events in Mumbai a decade ago, snooping has intensi- will be a very dramatic year for fied. Its success is also measurable by the fact that India has stymied FIndia because in less than 10 weeks, the the growth of radical Islamist terror organisations and large-scale attacks. Election Commission will announce the schedule for the next general election. And At the same time, allowing economic agencies, such as the Enforcement we will, hopefully, by the end of May, have Directorate, to investigate electronic transactions might prevent more Nirav the next Government in power. I do not Modi and Vijay Mallya style frauds. It is also clear that such guidelines have a crystal ball and I cannot gaze into the future and tell you who will be sworn have existed for some time and this Government just formalised the into the office by President Ram Nath process. Kovind. But I can predict that the upcom- Yet, this is deeply worrying as we all know that rules in India tend ing elections will be a dirty battle, full of innuendoes, unsubstantiated rumours and to be misused by corrupt bureaucrats. In countries like the United Kingdom allegations of wrongdoings — whether true and the United States, surveilling a citizen or resident almost always or false. requires the consent of a judge; although in the aftermath of 9/11, both It is not as if these shenanigans have countries passed anti-terrorism laws that gave their intelligence agen- not taken place in elections before. Indeed ever since the Athenians invented the con- cies sweeping powers of intercepting communication. But in both coun- cept of democracy, elections have been tries, those powers have been largely used to control terrorist activities dirty. But 2019 in India will be different and rather successfully at that. In India, we may not be able to trust our because it will be the first truly digital elec- tion process. Yes, the Bharatiya Janata Party agencies to restrict their snooping to active criminal cases. They will almost and Prime Minister Narendra Modi pio- certainly track political opponents in order to curry favour with the pow- neered the usage of social media and online ed brand, one might believe the likelihood of such a video be taken against smartphone ers that be; even though illicit surveillance conducted by private parties messaging applications in 2014. But in the what he/she will read on such becoming viral, that is spread- news applications that are clear- past five years, as dramatically lower data a fake website. ing rapidly, is extremely high. ly being run out of China. One is also a widespread problem in our country. Then there is the other prob- prices and access to cheap Chinese-made There is also a problem And what is known as ‘deep cannot check the veracity of lem — can Indian agencies be trusted to keep the records of the com- mobile devices have enabled more than with ‘news apps,’ often embed- fake’ video technology exists every single news item and munication secret? Can and will they expose the intercepts to the pub- 300-350 million Indians access to a smart- ded on a smartphone when one today. You genuinely cannot every single website. But there phone — a three-fold increase since the last acquires it. These applications, make out if video or speech has to be some way of checking lic at large through a media that will happily lap it up instead of going elections — things will be very different. which may or may not have THERE HAS TO patterns have been faked. And the ownership and editorial through India’s (notoriously slow) judicial system? We all know what hap- First and foremost, levels of digital lit- been certified by a third party BE SOME WAY OF when you add a fake logo of a leadership of websites, just like pened in the past and will almost certainly happen again in the future. eracy in India are very poor. Keep in mind, such as Google, can easily respectable news organisation, print publications fall under the this does not equate with literacy. A lack spread fake information in the CHECKING THE the trust value goes up. Press Council of India and are At the same time, more sophisticated criminals, both terrorists and eco- of digital literacy affects the highly educat- guise of news to derive politi- OWNERSHIP AND Even if such a video is dis- subject to defamation laws. nomic offenders, know that there are ways and means to avoid inter- ed people as well who tend to believe what- cal benefit. credited in two-three hours, a Even television channels need ception, or at least decryption of communication. It could be as simple ever they read on the internet. While there Now we know which coun- EDITORIAL third of the polling day is over, clearance from the Home is some evidence to prove that people are try manufacturers all these LEADERSHIP OF and retractions take a lot longer Ministry. There has to be some as using a Virtual Private Network (VPN) or using highly-secure 256 or less likely to believe images on the inter- devices. So, the pertinent ques- to spread in the news cycle. The way of verifying information 512 bit encryption that requires supercomputing to decrypt. So, coupled net — as they now know images can be tion is: Can China manipulate WEBSITES, JUST damage is done. You might from websites. with the potential of misuse, and there being no safeguards, little won- manipulated — there are studies that the Indian electorate by spread- LIKE PRINT have been disgusted with the The problem here, of show that people tend to believe informa- ing fake news? Short answer said politician for being moral- course, is that some websites der that Opposition politicians are raising their heckles in Parliament and tion they read on the internet, especially yes. Of course, the current PUBLICATIONS ly corrupt and might even are clearly run by surrogates many common law-abiding citizens are worried. After all, we all have one from a formal sounding uniform problem with many of these FALL UNDER THE have changed your vote. One based abroad, and free speech dirty laundry on our hard-drives that we would rather keep secret and resource locator (URL) or web address. applications, which unlike ser- does not need to look at just absolutists would rather slit The cynical among you and digital vices of WhatsApp, Facebook PRESS COUNCIL foreign powers for this. The their wrists than allow moder- like it that way. natives would always take a close look at or Twitter, where there are propensity of political party’s ated content in India. And this the URL and see if it is real or fake, espe- redressal systems no matter OF INDIA AND information technology cell, to also leads to the question: Who cially when it comes to financial transac- how slow, is that they have no ARE SUBJECT TO spread such information direct- moderates the websites? Can a tions. But the rampant cases of phishing, control. Some of them are also DEFAMATION ly or through surrogates such Government stop access to Why Naseer? where personal and financial information hiring hundreds of content as news websites in their con- websites and information it is stolen using fake websites that look creators to curate information LAWS. EVEN trol, is happening right now. feels distinctly uncomfortable The thinking artiste voiced the opinion of many Indians. deceptively like that of a real bank, are com- that can move markets, such as Given that many seats are with even if the news items are mon. There are job hoaxes that are distress- spreading fake news on food TELEVISION close, even if a few thousand true? Or do we take the nuclear There’s no reason why he should be proclaimed guilty ingly common online, especially in India. items, cures for diseases and CHANNELS NEED voters change their mind, vote option and restrict internet And the problem is worst when it Indian politics. or do not vote or even press the access 48 hours before ust when we thought we had had comes to news — it does not take much And even if there is a CLEARANCE ‘None Of The Above’ (NOTA) polling? enough of the fringe this year, who to create a fake or even malicious news site redressal system, the timeline FROM THE HOME button, it can swing a seat. And There are no easy answers Jtend to create dismissive nuisance or video. With some snazzy editing and for an election, the actual phys- MINISTRY since most predictions have and frankly, it might be too late headline writing, along with stolen content, ical voting day, is quite short. 2019 as a frightfully close elec- to do much ahead of the 2019 value but claim relevance by the high worth one can create a fake website for even a What if a fake video about a sex tion in the present scenario, elections. But this is a problem. people they target, they have parasitical- well-known media brand. For example, scandal of a popular politician this could dramatically alter the A problem that we must all ly attached themselves to one of our most someone can create a dailypioneerr.com got into your device at 8 am on result of who comes to power. accept and so should the website and one’s brain might not even the polling day, the exact time So we know the problem, Election Commission of India. versatile artistes and most importantly a process the second ‘r’ in the domain when the booths open? what can be done about it? First (The writer is Managing Padma Bhushan awardee, Naseeruddin name. And being a fake of an old and trust- Being a secondary scandal, things first, some action has to Editor, The Pioneer) Shah. And what is Shah guilty of? As an independent citizen of a democratic coun- S O U N D BITE try, he expressed his opinion on polarisa- tion attempts in society with reference to He (Modi) could have Farooq Abdullah has Top Hollywood bosses India is copying the fixed the UPA’s legacy rightly stated that Rahul are scared to experi- Western model in seek- lynching over cow kills in Bulandshahr, say- issues and raised India Gandhi is no more a ment, try new ideas with ing the advancement of ing human lives — in this case the deaths of two policemen — mattered little from a poor to a middle- pappu. In my view, he has films. They do not want women in the Army, compared to the blessed bovine. And in the age of muscular and aggressive income country, but he now turned gappu by to explore diverse while the reality is that squandered the chance. telling lies to the public. storylines. we have a peasant force. variants of nationalism, he feared for his secularist family and children, not sure if they could stake an identity within today’s parameters considering their mixed Former Union Minister Union Minister Actor Indian Army Chief —Yashwant Sinha —Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi —Steve McQueen —General Bipin Rawat parentage. He didn’t name or shame anybody but referenced himself, becom- ing wary of his own existence in the current context, which he found poiso- nous. A proud Indian, he has even gone on record saying that he wouldn’t leave the country just because he would be defined narrowly by his religiosity. He L E T T E R S T O T H E EDITOR didn’t rant and kept it civil, deciding to speak up about Bulandshahr, consider- Diverting money Bihar and Uttar Pradesh is real- ing he was born and grew up in Uttar Pradesh. Truth be told, Shah is not exact- ly an unfortunate one. It may be ly a poster boy in the sense of an Aamir Khan and Shah Rukh Khan (who too Loan waivers are a burden to the economy the case that Nath’s viewpoint were called out for implying Indian society had become intolerant), devoting Sir — This refers to the editorial, may find favour with the youth “A demon called waiver” his refers to the editorial, “A demon called waiv- of his State, but it does not real- himself facelessly to excelling in his craft and chiselling a newer generation in (December 21). It is an irony that er” (December 21). Buoyed by the victory of his ly bode well for the country. the nuances of performing arts. He never courts fame and yes he is a cricket political parties promise loan Tparty in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Selection of jobs must be made on aficionado with expert views, good, bad or ugly. What he said was not new waivers to strengthen their hold on Chhattisgarh, Congress president Rahul Gandhi has the basis of one’s qualities and tal- power and to please the farming vowed to not let Prime Minister Narendra Modi sleep ent and not on one’s identity. If either, social media being a fertile canvas of such counter-conversations. It can, community. One doubts whether till all farm loans in the country are waived. The every State Government makes therefore, be assumed that Shah had riled up sensitivities just because he was they are genuinely concerned Congress, in its poll manifesto for all the three States, efforts to improve employment seen through the prism of his origin rather than achievement. about the farmers’ interests. The had promised farm loan waivers. The Congress chief opportunities in its own State, Congress promised loan waivers believes that it was the loan waiver promise that tilt- why would the youth need to seek It is true that the ruling dispensation has silently encouraged the rabble- in their election manifesto to ed the scales in favour of his party. Now, Rahul Gandhi jobs elsewhere? rousers and fence-sitters, allowing them to take a hardliner stance that gov- come back to power. And even- has promised a nation-wide waiver of farm loans if and hampers the progress of welfare schemes. Waiving Mohd Umar ernance doesn’t allow it to, be it on religion or the temple. This tacit push also tually, they did come to power. he is voted to power in the 2019 general elections. farm loans throughout the country will require lakhs of Madhya Pradesh allows the BJP to tackle conservatives in its ranks. Sadly, in the process, these But the drain on the exche- Had loan waivers really been a solution, farm dis- crores of rupees. The prime ministerial aspirant may lose quer as a result of loan waivers is tress would not have been still existent ever since the his sleep considering the fiscal health of his Government Great achievement hawks have managed to prevail. In Shah’s case they generated a fear psy- large. This can affect the econo- UPA Government started this process way back in 2008. after such a huge burden of loan waiver. This just in case chosis around threats of disturbance if he is allowed to speak at the Ajmer lit my. This because the money, As a matter of fact, waiving farm loans is just political- he gets the Prime Minister’s job. fest at his alma mater. Such rants are not new given the Karni Sena’s mis- which should actually be used for ly remunerative and is bad for the economic health of MC Joshi Sir — The Indian Space Research developmental purpose, is divert- the country. It takes a heavy toll on overall development Lucknow Organisation made the country chievous propaganda around Padmavaat, a film on the Rajput queen Rani ed towards fulfilling waiver proud with the launch of GSAT- Padmini, which they thought was an assault on Hindu pride. But this time, things promises. How then will the 7A, a geostationary communica- have gone a little too far with Uttar Pradesh BJP chief Mahendra Nath Pandey State Governments manage funds loan waivers as pursued by the may face a lot of problems. Do not fail the youth tion satellite, from the Satish that are essential for infrastruc- Congress will not benefit either Thus, it is for the Dhawan Space Centre in calling Shah a “traitor” like one of the characters he played in his films. Worse, ture and development projects? the farming community or the Government to chalk out a Sriharikota. This new satellite, no senior leader of the BJP brass attempted to dissociate him from the party Devendra Khurana economy as a whole. Congress process that can make the eco- Sir — This refers to the editori- along with GSAT-7 and GSAT-6, line except follow the time-tested irrelevance of a silence. This amounts to main- Bhopal chief Rahul Gandhi said, “We will nomic system strong. Otherwise, al, “Kamal Nath’s faux pas” dubbed the ‘Indian Angry Bird’, will not let Modi sleep till he waives GDP growth will be stable or (December 20). Every citizen of form the band of communications line endorsement of the general feeling that a thinking mind ought not to speak Stable solution off all farm loans”. Increasing loan might even take long time. In the India has the right to live an work satellite for use by the military. out or air alternative opinions if he wants the safety clutch. So long it was ostraci- waivers will mean a greater fiscal pursuit of power, the country’s anywhere in the country. Madhya Mohd Faheem sation. But now it is pre-decided alienation of the marked few. The BJP would burden on the economy as well as economic development should Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Mumbai Sir — This refers to the editori- the Government. This may in not be sacrificed. Nath’s argument that the youth of Send your feedback to: do well to focus on larger dynamics than dilute its worth with such cheap, al, “A demon called waiver” return slow down overall growth. Najmul Halimee his State have been deprived of pin-up attempts at intimidation so close to the 2019 polls. (December 21). The agenda of Besides, the Government, too Mumbai jobs because of migrants from [email protected] LUCKNOW | MONDAY | DECEMBER 24, 2018 analysis 09 www.dailypioneer.com FIRSTCOLUMN POINTCOUNTERPOINT Invectives, anger I FEAR FOR THE SAFETY OF MY CHILDREN IN INDIA THIS IS THE SECOND ACTOR WHO SAID SO AFTER WHERE THE LIFE OF A COW IS MORE SIGNIFICANT ENJOYING ALL THE BENEFITS THAT THIS COUNTRY and chaos THAN THE LIFE OF THE INDIANS. HAD TO OFFER. HE SHOULD GO TO PAKISTAN. Our nation is so possessed with talk of piety and — ACTOR — SHIV SENA LEADER religiosity that there seems to be few takers NASEERUDDIN SHAH MANISHA KAYANDE of self-improvement with clear thinking Follow the sage’s advice

VINAYSHIL GAUTAM Rabindranath Tagore’s vision of education was one that is universally acceptable. It's

ost of us love talking. As our level of agitation grows, we time India reconsiders the basics of its education policy and systemic structures break away from our mother tongue and switch to English. MThe voice gets shriller, arguments become incoherent, and soon, intimidation enters the strategic options of the two con- tending parties. So long as both sides play dumb charades, there’s no significant resolution of issues and no serious anxiety. Trouble begins when one side escalates unreasonableness, which usu- ally ends in abuses. The other side may begin by keeping calm but ultimately succumbs to retaliation in face of continuous aggres- sion. When this happens to people below 30 years of age, it can be written off, maybe wrongly, as immaturity. Beyond 30 years, it can only be foolhardiness and an invitation to the other party to dare. The bluff gets called sooner rather than later and then JS RAJPUT all hell is let loose. Even newspapers, dotted with tales of con- flict, which began as verbal duels and punishments to some, have n December 22, 1901, history was cre- not helped others to learn from the sorry twist to sordid tales of ated in Indian education when invectiveness. Rabindranath Tagore inaugurated his One might ask, why do two people of this description ever school in Shantiniketan. Various get together? Reasons can be many — they may be staying under aspects of education and learning the same roof, their communities and work may bring them togeth- wereO churning his mind all along ever since he, as er, in short it may be just about anything. The urge to command a child, experienced what went on in the schools. and have things one’s way leads not only to counter-productive Gradually, he evolved his own perception of the process of acquisition of knowledge and started verbal duels, but at times, as indicated in earlier lines, to phys- planning to give it a practical shape. He started by ical violence or even worse. What is narrated above is neither teaching his own children but realised that sporadic uncommon nor can it be laid at the doors of youthfulness. Nobody initiatives would not work. As Tagore’s biograph- gains and yet very few, if anyone, learn. Such scenes are com- er, Krishna Kripalani, put it: “Having suffered from mon everywhere. Looking at all this, one may well wonder if human bad teaching in his childhood, Tagore had thought TAGORE WAS beings are capable of significant evolution. Community life is no much, and written, too, on the fundamentals of CONVINCED THAT different — there it is called freedom of speech. Elections to five teaching, and now, he gained a new insight by putting his principles into practice. But teaching THE BEST TEACHER States are barely over, and the president of a national party has WAS NATURE. HE set the standards high on intimidation by claiming that he will one’s children haphazardly is not enough. He need- ed a wider field for systematic experimentation. He WANTED TO not let the leader of the ruling party sleep. If that is his ambition, RECREATE AN who can grudge it? Yet, it holds to reason that if perpetrators of thought, why not shift to Shantiniketan and start — they felt fettered and imprisoned. and invested a substantial portion in a teristics. The need for this is in some way a small experimental school there?” His thought INSPIRING Tagore could never reconcile to the idea cooperative bank that was created by him being acknowledged and accepted in such abuse had really nothing to gain, then such petty intimida- process was already influenced by the ancient ENVIRONMENT OF of children being made to sit like “speci- to help needy peasants on his family terms of ‘spiritual quotient.’ It requires tions would hardly have been made. The fact is, given a con- gurukula system and the way knowledge was dis- TAPOVAN THAT men of some museum in classrooms, estate. He realised that people needed to serious consideration by policy-makers tentious situation, election or otherwise, wild rhetoric without any pensed and acquired there, naturally. COULD ADD GRACE while lessons are being pelted at them be inspired about their inner potential of current times: “The young mind obvious agenda does seem to give some advantages to the dem- Sages and saints lived with their pupils, present- TO THE ENTIRE from high-like hailstorm on flowers.” and ways to manifest it, moving out of should be saturated with the idea that it agogue of the day. ed the ideals of simple living and universal think- PROCESS OF All that he experienced and disliked, the shackles of despondency and rejuve- has been born in the human world which This is not a good example for the generation in a forma- ing. Tagore was convinced that the best teacher was fired the imagination of young Tagore nate their lives through regeneration of is in harmony with the world around it. LEARNING. REVIVAL And this is what your regular type of tive phase. Almost 15 or 20 years later, when they graduate to nature. He wanted to recreate the joyful, soulful and AND INCLUSION OF to visualise better ways to educate. And self-assurance and acquisition of requi- unbridled adulthood, they may even find vile invectives as nor- inspiring environment of Tapovan that could add this thought process that began rather site levels of knowledge and skills. school ignores with an air of superior wis- grace and beauty to the entire process of learning, THE BASICS OF early and resulted in the creation of the It was the sensitivity to the lives of the dom, severe and disdainful. It forcibly mal or useful weaponry. In an era of lumpen assertiveness, mis- ANCIENT INDIAN construed formulations on gender parity and search for identi- internalising knowledge and acquiring skills to utilise persona of the gurudev. His search for common man around which a consider- snatches children away from a world full it for the welfare of the people. Revival and inclu- SYSTEM WERE THE a universal humane approach to the able number of his stories were woven; of mystery of God’s own handiwork full ty without the responsibility to carry one’s identity can be a sui- sion of the basics of ancient Indian system were the ONLY WAY OUT OF existing system of imparting and receiv- mostly his narratives revolved around of the suggestiveness of personality.” cidal proposition. It is not just a coincidence that endemic domes- only way out of the soulless and mechanical system THE SOULLESS AND ing education, knowledge and wisdom their lives, times and travails. Tagore was It is evident that Tagore liked every tic and street violence is escalating. People, who would calmly that had replaced it. MECHANICAL was a lifelong process. convinced that the objective of education learner to be well aware of his/her drive past an accident-hit victim gasping for breath, or overlook Tagore summarised the essence of his education- SYSTEM THAT HAD As the scion of a zamindar family, must be constructed around bringing responsibility to strengthen the sensi- a woman being physically harassed, suddenly become cham- al ideas when he declared that the great use of edu- REPLACED IT with a very sensitive and compassion- about excellence in human lives by edu- tive bond between man and nature. pions of reasonableness once their own interests are hurt. It may cation was “to know man and to make oneself known ate mind, his life-long passion was not cation that would dispel the darkness of And that would be possible and prac- not be fashionable anymore to read religious texts for their sheer to man.” And towards this, everyone must get a only education, culture and art, but also ignorance. His idea of education did not tical only when human beings learn to literary beauty or philosophical insights but to convert them into chance to learn the language of intellect and also the the economic rehabilitation of the mean a pedantic acquisition of knowledge respect each other, realise the unity in a denominational proposition of a campaign. However, the truth ‘language of art’ that is essential for overall person- Indian village. His consistent and life- but true wisdom: “We have to keep in diversity, appreciate the beauty of mul- is that everyone is interested in finding out the truth and it hurts ality development. His own experiences of school- long interest was the welfare of Indian mind the fact that love and action are the tiplicity of every conceivable variety, ing were indeed highly uninspiring. Hard benches, peasants. Simultaneously, the sensitive only media through which perfect knowl- including the religious plurarism. when one realises that s/he was wrong all along. It is precisely dull prison-like walls and the ‘master’ who ‘looked poet was keenly observing the people edge can be obtained, for the object of Familiarity with the basics of these double standards of running with the hare and hunting with like a cane incarnate.’ of India, their miseries, strengths, self- knowledge is not pedantry but wisdom.” Tagore’s philosophy of education can go the hound that can be disastrous. It is only when one realises Tagore once said, “As soon as I entered the class- ishness, readiness to sacrifice, patience, Once an individual expands his /her can- a long way in re-orienting the present the unreasonableness of one’s logic that he/she will make amend- room, the benches and tables forced themselves rude- heroism and sense of resignation to fate vas of outlook and awareness through system that is causing much concern to ments. There is no formula to cause this awareness. Decision- ly on my attention, elbowing and jostling their way and in the process accepting injustice education, s/he can express himself/her- every thinking mind. Inadequacies in making in communities, organisations and the nation seems to into my mind. They were always the same — stiff, without manly retaliation. self with self-assurance, and that would personality development, internalisation be a victim of this malaise. cramping and dead.” Things, it is officially claimed Tagore understood India — its peo- give him/her the sense of complete free- of values of social cohesion and religious The outcome is for everyone to see. The individual is struck at this juncture, have changed — at least in princi- ple and its tradition of knowledge quest dom that everyone wishes to achieve. amity, human responsibility in maintain- with hypertension, communities are embroiled in sub-terranean ple — but the overall environment in most of the — its contemporary relevance and defi- “Apathy and ignorance are the worst forms ing sensitive human-nature relationship tug-of-war, larger communities in vilification and the nation at large schools remains more or less unattractive and uninvit- ciencies that grew due to the lack of of bondage for man; they are the invisi- are now appearing before us in fright- ing as in the times of Tagore’s childhood. It is still dynamisms and reluctance to move with ble walls of confinement that we carry ening proportions. The system Tagore with unprecedented foul public discourse. This is a road to the same painful, overstressing and creativity- current times. While his outstanding con- around us when we are in their grip.” envisioned is universally applicable. It nowhere. A movement of self-analysis, introspection and objec- killing environment that maintains the regime of tributions in the intellectual arena are Once the cloud of darkness is dis- could also be interpreted as a total accep- tive thinking would clearly be in order. The trouble is our nation “cram and exam.” recognised and revered throughout India persed through the light of the right kind tance of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam in is so possessed with talks of piety, religiosity and fear of the divine, Even at home, learning has become a ‘task’ that and abroad, his singular and sensitivity- of education, given and received in a con- pragmatic terms. It’s time India recon- there seems to be few takers of personal growth, self-improve- must be performed mechanically. “As I read, I nod, filled initiatives for the masses are often genial and sensitive environment, it siders the basics of its education policy ment with clear thinking. Pilgrimages will be undertaken and vows then jerk myself again with a start but miss far more overshadowed. Not many know that he would be easy to comprehend the ‘unity and systemic structures on this count: offered in anxiety or aspiration. Religious places spawn their own than I read. When finally I tumble into the bed, I had, along with Shantiniketan, also of truth.’ This is one aspect that has been Is it nurturing the power of ideas and culture of petitioning the almighty. This covers everything from have at least a little time to call my own.”His unpleas- founded a parallel institution — Sriniketan creating so much turmoil in human exis- imagination among the learners, or tying threads around the trees to making offerings in places of ant experiences, both in school and during private — for the welfare of the peasants. tence at this stage. It manifests in the shape stunting them? It’s time to consider how worship but one simple thing which can be done goes by default tuition at home, convinced him that it was not the These farm labourers needed sup- of war, violence, distrust, fundamentalism, curiosity and creativity is encouraged system that encouraged flowering of human talent port, including inputs of new ideas, skills insecurity, misery, hunger and poverty. and inspired to flourish without any — and that is to think straight. One should simply hold one’s and personality. Whatever time he spent in school- and outputs of new experiments and To move ahead to ameliorate inhu- shackles. It has an organic link to the peace and not talk in a manner in which he/she doesn’t want to ing and his initial earning gave him the knowledge innovations that were feasible because of man trends and tendencies, education process of growth and development of be talked to. The ironies of life, when they stop tickling, some- of the wrongs suffered by children. The so-called dis- developments in science and technolo- systems should focus not only on the the country and its people. times also cause tears to dry. Yet, life goes on. cipline in schools practically debarred students from gy. He donated a part of the Nobel Prize intellectual aspect, but equally on phys- (The writer is the Indian Representative (The writer is a well-known management consultant) participating in activities that naturally attracted them amount to his school in Shantiniketan ical, intellectual and emotional charac- on the Executive Board of UNESCO)

Sri Lanka story may not end happily FOREIGN EYE One could write a heart-warming fairy tale about the turbulent events in the island nation in the past two months. But the story is never really over. The fairy tale will be preferred whenever possible

judges of the Supreme Court say that making him a favourite with the cial residence. Rajapaksa couldn’t get the President has acted illegally and the Sinhalese masses, he seemed set for a enough members of Parliament to ex-despot can’t claim that he is the very long run in power. His switch sides. They voted twice to Prime Minister. At this point, the Government continued to torture and remove Rajapaksa, so Sirisena dis- despot resigns and the President grudg- make opponents ‘disappear’ and his missed Parliament and called for new ingly ‘re-appoints’ the legitimate Prime family grew rich from corrupt deals. elections. MATTIS’ RESIGNATION GWYNNE DYER Minister. Virtue triumphs, and joy is But in 2015, one of his Cabinet min- That was illegal, too, and the INDICATES BEGINNING unconfined. Maybe they even live isters, Maithripila Sirisena, defected struggle continued until December 13, ou could write a heart-warming happily ever after. It’s an engaging tale, from the Government, ran against him 2018, when the Supreme Court ruled OF THE END fairy tale about the turbulent and the basic outlines are true, but in for the presidency — and won. To his that Sirisena could not dissolve Yevents in the island nation of Sri the real world, the historical and social credit, Rajapaksa accepted his defeat. Parliament. At that point Rajapaksa In choosing Mattis as his Lanka in the past two months. It would context that surrounds the events Sirisena found a new ally in Ranil resigned, and later, an angry Sirisena Defence Secretary, Trump involve a conniving President, who changes the tone of everything. Wickremesinghe, whose business- grudgingly swore Wickremesinghe sent a reassuring signal that abruptly and illegally dismisses the Sri Lanka is only 10 years away friendly United National Party had won back in as the Prime Minister. An elected Prime Minister, and replaces from the end of a brutal civil war that as alien and even as newcomers. but in Sri Lanka, the Tamil minority a majority in Parliament, and appoint- encouraging outcome, in which he would be relying on an him with a corrupt and blood-soaked lasted for a quarter-century, and the The Tamils did well under British was big enough to fight back. It did so, ed him as the Prime Minister. However, Parliament, the courts and the gener- experienced leader. Mattis’ former despot who was the President’s ‘despot’ is the man who won it by being colonial rule, when most Buddhist starting in 1987, in a guerrilla and ter- the new allies had little in common and al public behaved better than anybody resignation suggests that old boss. The despot, now claiming to more brutal than anybody else. His Sinhalese refused to collaborate with rorist war that sought an independent estrangement between them grew. expected, but of course the story is he now thinks Trump is be the real Prime Minister, tries to name is Mahinda Rajapaksa. The war their new political masters. There was Tamil state in the north and east of the The key issue that broke the never really over. Sirisena can beyond persuasion, which strengthen his position by offering was about race and religion. Most of Sri revenge-taking after independence, island. alliance was trade: Sirisena preferred to Constitutionally dismiss Parliament 15 Members of Parliament jobs as Lanka’s people speak the Sinhalese lan- when Buddhist-dominated Up to 100,000 people died in the make deals with China, months from now, and Rajapaksa is frightening. It also raises Ministers in his new Government. If guage and identify with the Buddhist Governments removed the official war, which ended with an orgy of Wickremesinghe with nearby India. On may well win the next election. the question of how Trump enough accept, he would have a major- religion. A minority several million status of the Tamil language and killing (40,000) in the final five months October 25, 2018, Sirisena sacked Meanwhile, Wickremesinghe’s can be influenced to replace ity in the Parliament and could claim strong, concentrated in the north and imposed restrictions on higher educa- of battles in 2009. Mahinda Rajapaksa Wickremesinghe (illegally) and Government may be almost paralysed Mattis with someone willing to be sort of legitimate. But most of the east, speak Tamil and are mostly tion for Tamils. There were even anti- was the President who directed those appointed Rajapaksa as Prime Minister because relations between Sirisena MPs turn down the political bribes on Hindu in religion (with a significant Tamil pogroms. Buddhist intolerance battles, in which Tamils trying to sur- instead. Wickremesinghe pointed out and him are poisonous. The fairy-tale to try to argue the President offer, and Parliament twice votes to Christian minority). Tamils have been towards non-Buddhist minorities is not render were often killed, and he that Sirisena didn’t have the power to is to be preferred whenever possible. out of impulsive decisions. reject his claims. in Sri Lanka for at least 2,000 years, but unique to Sri Lanka, as the Rohingya emerged from the war as a national do that and barricaded himself into (The writer is an independent (Los Angeles Times Finally, after 50 days of chaos, the the Buddhist majority tends to see them minority in Burma can readily attest, hero. With his populist, nationalist style Temple Trees, the Prime Minister’s offi- journalist) editorial) LUCKNOW | MONDAY | DECEMBER 24, 2018 money 10

Tax cut: India Inc hails GST body Ghosn detention extended FPIs infuse ` PTI n 4K cr in 3 NEW DELHI over Christmas, New Year ndia Inc on Sunday cheered GST Council to consider 5% GST weeks on Ithe GST Council’s decision to slash tax rates on 23 goods and AFP n TOKYO the financial crisis worth more accused was responsible for services and said the move will on under-construction homes than $16 million to the managing Nissan’s overall oper- boosting ` push demand and boost the ormer Nissan boss Carlos Japanese automaker with help ations and for dutifully fulfill- economy. PTI n NEW DELHI formal chan- FGhosn will be spending from a Saudi acquaintance. ing his role as CEO not to cause PTI n NEW DELHI The council reduced tax nel. Christmas and the beginning of Prosecutors have pressed damage to Nissan and its sub- rates on goods and services he GST Council is likely to Major 2019 behind bars after a Tokyo formal charges over the first sidiaries... But he took action oreign investors have including movie tickets, TV Tconsider lowering GST on construction court on Sunday extended his allegation but not yet over the that betrayed his role and Fpumped in close to `4,000 and monitor screens and power under-construction flats and material, cap- detention through to January 1. other accusations. caused financial damage to crore in the Indian capital banks, and exempted frozen houses to 5 per cent in its meet- ital goods and The court’s decision is the Ghosn reportedly denies all Nissan,” prosecutors alleged in markets this month so far on and preserved vegetables from ing next month, an official input services latest twist in a rollercoaster the allegations, saying the a statement on Friday. strengthening rupee and eas- the levy. said. used for con- saga that has gripped Japan and transactions were done legally. Since his arrest, the once ing global crude oil prices. The reduced rates are like- Currently, the Goods and struction of the business world since the In connection with the jet-setting executive has lan- This comes following a ly to come into effect from Services Tax (GST) is levied at flats and hous- auto sector titan was arrested third suspicion, local media say guished in a tiny cell in a 10-month high net inflow of January 1, 2019, Finance 12 per cent on payments made es attract 18 out of the blue in Tokyo on Ghosn is not contesting that detention centre in northern over `12,266 crore in the Minister Arun Jaitley told for under-construction prop- per cent GST, November 19. payments from Nissan totalling Tokyo, where he has com- capital markets (equity and reporters after the 31st meeting erty or ready-to-move-in flats while cement “Today, a decision was $14.7 million went to the Saudi plained about the cold and the debt) by Foreign Portfolio of the Goods and Services Tax where completion certificate attracts 28 per made to detain (Ghosn). The person, whom he has known rice-based menu. Investors (FPIs) in November. (GST) Council here Saturday. has not been issued at the cent tax. Prior to GST rollout, fited under GST. Certain pro- full term of the detention will for some three decades. Ghosn has told embassy According to data avail- “At a time when stronger time of sale. under-construction housing posals have come before the expire on January 1,” the Tokyo But Ghosn has maintained visitors he is being well treat- able with the depositories, demand can speed up growth, However, GST is not projects attracted 4.5 per cent Council and the law and fit- District Court said in a state- that the money was for the per- ed and sources at French car FPIs infused a net amount of the reduction in tax rates for levied on buyers of real estate service tax and a value added ment committee will look into ment to media. son’s work to help Nissan in the giant Renault have described `1,332 crore in equities and items used by different sections properties for which comple- tax (VAT) of 1-5 per cent the matter and the matter will This does not however region. his frame of mind as “combat- `2,552 crore in the debt mar- of society can be expected to tion certificate has been issued depending on the state. Also come up in the next council mean that Ghosn can expect to Ghosn’s case has seen sev- ive” as he fights the charges kets, taking the total to impart a necessary boost to the at the time of sale. inputs used in construction meeting. There was a total taste freedom on New Year’s eral twists and turns since his against him. `3,884 crore during economy,” CII Director General An official said that this 12 attracted 12.5 per cent excise consensus that something Day, as prosecutors can apply stunning arrest on the night of His lengthy detention — in December 3-21. Chandrajit Banerjee said. per cent GST rate ideally would duty in addition to 12.5-14.5 needs to be done,” Jaitley had for a further 10-day extension November 19 as his private jet Japan, suspects can be “re- Marketmen attributed the Rajeev Talwar, president, have been partially offset by per cent VAT. Besides, entry said. as they quiz him on allegations touched down at Tokyo’s arrested” several times over dif- inflow to persistent fall in PHD Chamber of Commerce way of taxes paid on inputs by tax was also levied on the Currently, in case of afford- of financial misconduct. Haneda Airport. ferent allegations — has crude oil prices, which and Industry said consistent builders and hence the actual inputs. able housing projects like Authorities are pursuing On Thursday, observers sparked criticism, especially dropped to over 15-month indirect tax revenue growth incidence of GST on under- After adjusting for credits Jawaharlal Nehru National three separate lines of enquiry were caught wrong-footed as from abroad. lows, and strengthening along with reduction in high construction home buyers on inputs used, the effective Urban Renewal Mission, Rajiv against the 64-year-old Franco- the court threw out a request After his arrest last month, rupee against the dollar. GST rates indicate that tax would have been around 5-6 per-GST tax incidence on such Awas Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Lebanese-Brazilian executive. from prosecutors to extend Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors However, till December 7, base is widening and econom- per cent. However, builders housing property was 15-18 per Awas Yojana or any other hous- They suspect he conspired his detention over the second promptly sacked Ghosn as FPIs were net sellers in the ic activity is expanding. are not passing on the input tax cent. The Finance Ministry ing schemes of state govern- with his right-hand man, US set of allegations (under- chairman but Renault kept equity market, pulling out Ficci President Sandeep credit (ITC) benefit to con- has time and again asked real ments, GST is levied at 8 per executive Greg Kelly, to hide reporting his salary between him on and appointed an inter- funds to the tune of `383 Somany said the GST Council sumers. estate dealers to pass on GST cent, which can be adjusted by away around half of his income 2015 and 2018) in an almost im boss as it waited to assess crore. However, they had put has followed a pragmatic policy “One of the proposals rate cut benefits to buyers, but builders against its accumulat- (some five billion yen or $44 unheard-of move. the legal procedures against in `2,744 crore in the debt by bringing down rates gradually, before the Council is to lower to no avail. Briefing reporters ed ITC. million) over five fiscal years This raised his hopes of a him. markets during the period taking into consideration the rev- the GST rate to 5 per cent for after the GST Council meeting The Finance Ministry had from 2010. release in time for Christmas In addition to charges under review. enue realisation and affordabil- builders who purchase 80 per on Saturday, Finance Minister earlier this month said that for They also allege he under- and he was reportedly gearing against Ghosn and Kelly, pros- The sell-off by FPIs was ity, and this will stabilise and cent of inputs from registered Arun Jaitley had said that such affordable housing pro- reported his salary to the tune up to hold a news conference ecutors had also indicted triggered after Chinese tele- strengthen GST further. dealers,” an official said. The builders can adjust some por- jects, after offsetting ITC, the of four billion yen over the next to put his side of the story for Nissan itself, as the company com giant Huawei’s CFO The 28 per cent slab is now official said that currently tion of the 12 per cent GST builder or developer in most three fiscal years — apparent- the first time. submitted the official docu- Meng Wanzhou, who is also restricted to only luxury and builders are paying for the against the taxes paid on inputs cases will not be required to pay ly to avoid criticism that his pay But those hopes were then ments that allegedly under- the company founder’s sin goods apart from auto-parts inputs for construction in cash like cement which attract 28 GST in cash as the builder was too high. dashed on Friday when prose- reported the income. daughter, was arrested in and cement — the tax rate on and are not passing on benefits per cent levy. would have enough ITC in his The third allegation is that cutors sought and obtained Kelly, who was also arrest- Canada for extradition to the which could not be cut due to to consumers and hence, there “The potential homebuyers books of account to pay the he shifted a personal invest- his re-arrest over the new accu- ed last month, could be US for suspected Iran sanc- high revenue implication. is a need to bring them to the feel they are not getting bene- output GST. ment loss made at the height of sations of breach of trust. “The released as early as next week. tions violations. Jaitley, Kamal Nath to join over Nine bank unions call for Microsoft Preparing agenda for WTO; 100 Indian leaders in Davos for Surface Go one-day strike on Dec 26 now available likely to be discussed in WEF annual meet Davos: Prabhu PTI n NEW DELHI The theme of the event PTI n MUMBAI among oth- in India would be ‘Globalization 4.0: ers. PTI n NEW DELHI duties to protect their indus- inance Minister Arun Jaitley Shaping a Global Architecture lose to 1 million employees The PNS n NEW DELHI try. Fand two of his Union in the Age of the Fourth Cof various banks, including unions claim ndia is preparing an agen- Duty hike by the US on Cabinet colleagues are likely to Industrial Revolution’, while private lenders, have called for that govern- urface Go, Microsoft’s Ida for the World Trade certain steel and aluminium travel to Switzerland’s snow- there would be several India- a one-day strike on December ment wants SSurface device is now avail- Organization (WTO) by products has triggered a laden resort town of Davos focussed sessions. Besides, the 26 to protest against the pro- banks to able in India on Flipkart at a taking on board the views of trade war kind of situation. next month for the World country’s political scenario may posed amalgamation of Vijaya grow in size starting price of `38,599. developed as well as devel- The rich nations are Economic Forum (WEF) hog the limelight, with the Bank and Dena Bank with by this amal- Weighing at just 522g, the 10- oping countries, which is forming groupings to prepare Annual Meeting, which would event taking place after five Bank of Baroda. gamation inch device offers laptop per- expected to be discussed in ground for pushing new also be attended by three Chief state polls and ahead of the The strike call comes on but even if formance and tablet portabili- Davos, Commerce and issues such as investment Ministers, including Madhya national election. the heels of an officers union of all public ty for individuals seeking a ver- Industry Minister Suresh facilitation, preparing rules Pradesh’s Kamal Nath and over “Globalisation as we know state-run banks observing a sector banks satile form factor. Fitting snug- Prabhu said. for e-commerce, promoting 100 Indian CEOs. it may have peaked, but glob- day-long strike last Friday on are bundled ly in most bags, the Surface Go Key trade ministers from gender equality and reducing Microsoft’s Indian-origin al integration will continue. It similar grounds along with into one, the is ideal for everyday tasks. countries including from subsidy on fisheries. CEO Satya Nadella and World is fueled by the technologies of demand for immediate settle- merged enti- Powered by an Intel India would meet next India has been keenly Bank President Jim Yong Kim the Fourth Industrial ment of their wage negotia- ty cannot find a place among The nation-wide strike had Pentium Gold Processor 4415Y, month on the sidelines of the pushing agricultural issues will be among the co-chairs of Revolution and the urgent need tions. the top 10 globally. partially impacted banking users can expect to seamlessly World Economic Forum at the WTO. It has also been the 2019 edition of this annu- to address challenges such as In September, Government The unions say post-merg- operations affecting services launch an application like Summit at Davos to discuss raising its voice against al congregation of world lead- climate change and biodiversi- had announced merger of state er, a large number of branches like deposits and withdrawal at OneNote, or stream videos from the road ahead for the WTO. bringing new issues, espe- ers from January 21-25. ty, job loss through automation -owned Vijaya Bank and Dena will be closed and customers branches, cheque clearances Netflix. The processor, which “We are in the process of cially those which are not Nadella and Kim would be and a threatening breakdown Bank, both under the prompt will be have to face hardships and issuance of demand drafts, has been chosen to manage preparing an agenda for directly linked to trade, to joined by six young leaders in global collaboration,” WEF corrective action (PCA) frame- as already banks are burdened among others. performance, battery life and WTO, which will be accept- the negotiating table. under the age of 30 as co-chairs Founder and Executive work of the RBI, with larger with various government Bank managements have thinness, provides the portable able to most of the countries, The talks at the WTO’s — Basima Abdulrahman from Chairman Klaus Schwab said peer Bank of Baroda, creating schemes such as Jan Dhan mandated the industry lobby power to get stuff done. and which will take on board 11th ministerial conference Iraq, Juan David Aristizabal in a statement. the third largest lender. Yojana, Mudra, social security Indian Bank Association (IBA) Surface Go offers full ver- the views of developing and collapsed after the US went from Colombia, Sweden’s Noura “All those changes will par- “This amalgamation is not insurance, and PM’s housing to negotiate for scale 1-3 but satility that fulfils users’ developed countries,” Prabhu back on its commitment to Berrouba, Julia Luscombe from ticularly affect the next gener- in the interest of banks or scheme, among others. unions want this to be raised up requirements, regardless of told. find a permanent solution to the US, Mohammed Hassan ation. For this reason, it is bank customers. It is rather On December 26, the to scale 7. mode. The built-in kickstand, “We (key trade ministers) the public food stockholding Mohamud from Kenya and essential to integrate their voice detrimental to both,” the unions will take out a rally and The wage talks are on for a signature of Surface devices, are meeting on the sidelines issue, a key matter for India. Japan’s Akira Sakano. prominently in building a new United Forum of Bank Unions hold a demonstration at the the past 13 months between the has a full friction hinge which of Davos for mini-minister- The four-day conference US President Donald sustainable and inclusive glob- (UFBU) said. Azad Maidan in South unions and IBA, the latter has extends to 165 degrees. The ial on WTO, where we would in Argentina, which ended Trump is expected to join this al architecture,” he added. The UFBU is an umbrella Mumbai. offered a wage revision of 8 just hinge design helps users find like to present this proposal,” without a ministerial decla- elite jamboree, to be attended Besides Jaitley, the regis- organisation of nine unions, Around 3.20 lakh officers per cent. the perfect angle for any task: he added. ration or any substantive by over 3,000 global leaders tered participants from India including the All-India Bank from various state-run banks In the past wage settle- from adjusting the device angle The move assumes sig- outcome, did manage to from business, politics, gov- include Commerce Minister Officers Confederation, the were on a one-day strike on ment, which was for the peri- on the plane to pushing the nificance in the backdrop of make feeble progress on fish- ernment, civil society, arts and Suresh Prabhu and Petroleum All- India Bank Employees December 21, seeking imme- od November 1, 2012 to kickstand down to ink on a growing protectionism in the eries and e-commerce by media, for the second consec- and Natural Gas Minister Association and the National diate wage revision and oppos- October 31, 2017, the employ- photo to share with your global trade. Several coun- agreeing to work pro- utive year Dharmendra Pradhan. Organisation of Bank Workers, ing the proposed merger. ees got a 15 per cent hike. friends. tries are raising customs grammes. Need to open up India’s ONGC board thinks not the right time to list OVL Oil market likely to dredging market to boost PTI n NEW DELHI thereon, they said. Iran is on hold in view of US pany. Also, OVL is heavily under sanctions on the Persian Gulf Sources said proceeds of a rebalance early 2019: he ONGC board has debt and such a move would nation. Also, its Venezuelan oil- potential listing of OVL would ports trade: NITI Topined that it is not the require taking approval of all fields are producing much less accrue to its parent ONGC but right time to list the firm’s over- the lenders — yet another than their potential. the Government would seek a OPEC Ministers PTI n NEW DELHI attracted to the market if the seas investment arm ONGC tedious job. According to a letter special dividend to reap that. AFP n KUWAIT CITY months... In the first quarter of Government takes measures Videsh on the bourses, sources A third of its $28.45 billion DIPAM wrote to ONGC man- The Government owns next year,” he said. ndia needs to open up its such as consolidating dredging said. (`1.51 lakh crore) investment agement in August, the listing 67.45 per cent in ONGC. If il ministers from leading OPEC — a cartel of pro- Idredging market to boost contracts across cohorts of ports The board of Oil and in 41 projects in 20 countries of OVL would help unlock ONGC were to declare entire OOPEC nations said Sunday ducer countries that has long trade by its major ports which and withdrawing, at least tem- Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) on has been financed by loans. value by improving its corpo- proceeds of OVL listing as a they expect prices will arrest manipulated output of the at present cannot handle very porarily, the right to first refusal December 21 considered the More importantly, OVL rate governance and efficiency. special dividend, the govern- their recent slide and rebalance commodity, to influence glob- large vessels in absence of given to Indian vendors, it said. Government demand for list- has been only in acquisition ONGC had helped the ment would get 67.45 per cent early next year, when a deal on al prices in members’ favour — proper draft depth, To enable major ports to ing its profitable overseas mode till now and has not yet Government meet its disin- of the amount. new production cuts takes and non-OPEC members Government think tank Niti handle large vessels, the investment arm ONGC Videsh reached an economic model vestment target last fiscal when The Government had in effect. agreed in early December to Aayog has said. Government has already made Ltd (OVL). where it can stand on its own it bought a 51.11 per cent 2015 as well asked ONGC to Oil prices have shed more trim production by 1.2 million More competition mainly an action plan to increase the The board deliberated on feet. The company is depen- stake in state-owned Hindustan list OVL. But the State-owned than 36 per cent since early barrels a day from January 1, in from global players in dredging draft depth of ports. the demand from the dent on its parent for even Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) firm had at that time told the October to trade at $54 (47 a bid to shore up sagging activities would help increase Most major ports have Department of Investment and guarantees for taking loans. for `36,915 crore. Government that it was not the euros) per barrel, due to fears prices. and maintain draft depth at already achieved a draft depth Public Asset Management OVL has great assets and it After failing to find a buyer right time to list as oil prices of oversupply and weak glob- Mazrouei said that there ports and attract large vessels, of 14 metres or more except (DIPAM) for the listing of would reach that economic for Air India, DIPAM is again were subdued and the compa- al demand. has been higher than antici- enabling them to become hub Kolkata Port, where deeper OVL but felt that the market model once couple of its assets looking at ONGC to meet the ny would not get the right But president of OPEC pated supply on the market in ports, the Aayog mentioned. draft has not been feasible conditions are not right for an like the giant gas field in `80,000 crore revenue mobili- value. and UAE Energy Minister recent months, as US sanctions At present, the Dredging because of the riverine nature oil and gas exploration and pro- Mozambique starts produc- sation target set out for it in the Oil prices have since Suhail al-Mazrouei said that the on Iran have had a less pro- Corporation of India (DCI) of the port. duction company to list, they tion, they said. Budget for 2018-19 from the rebounded and the surplus in the oil market was nounced effect on the country’s and a limited set of private ven- Some major ports are striv- said, adding that there were sev- OVL projects are in the sale of Government stake in Government is looking to cash small compared to 2017 and oil exports than had been dors serve the Indian dredging ing to achieve deeper drafts up eral complexities involved in development stage and an IPO PSUs. in on that. Under its portfolio, expected it to vanish in one or expected. market, limiting competition. to 18 metres. The outer har- getting the firm listed. will get the best value when In the letter, DIPAM said OVL has reserves of 711 mil- two months. Iraq’s Oil Minister Thamer “The Government needs to bour in Visakhapatnam has OVL, sources said, has these projects are monetised, PSUs with a positive net worth lion tonnes of oil and oil equiv- “Based on available fig- al-Ghadhban said that there is open up the dredging market very deep draft of more than 18 assets in countries like they said. and no accumulated losses alent natural gas. ures, we have around 26 mil- a consensus among OPEC and to attract more players, partic- metres. Work is in progress to Venezuela, Iran, and Sudan, OVL’s giant gas field in should be listed to unlock In 2017-18, it produced lion barrels of surplus ... non-OPEC producers to com- ularly international players, in create a draft of more than 18 which are exposed to some or Mozambique will start pro- value. 9.35 million tonnes of crude oil, Compared to 340 million bar- ply with the new agreement to dredging activities to increase metres in Mormugao and other Western sanctions. duction sometime in 2022 It, however, did not state up from 8.43 million tonnes in rels in early 2017,” Mazrouei trim output in a bid to stabilise and maintain draft depth at Kamarajar Port. These assets will have to be when two LNG trains of 12 how much stake in OVL the previous year. Together told a press conference in the market. ports to attract large vessels and The Government current- first separated from the com- million tonnes per annum should be sold for its listing. with natural gas, the output was Kuwait City. He said the new agreement enable them to become hub ly holds 73.44 per cent in pany. While this may not be a capacity are set up and gas Market regulator Sebi calls 14.16 million tonnes of oil “I think that we can easily is valid for six months and the ports,” Niti Aayog has said. Dredging Corporation of India difficult task, it would involve exported in cryogenic ships. for a minimum 25 per cent equivalent, up from 12.80 mil- do with this surplus and reach ministers will meet in April to Foreign players will be Ltd (DCIL). issues of capital gains and tax Its Farzad-B gas field in public float for a listed com- lion tonnes in the previous year. market rebalance in one or two assess the impact of the cuts. 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Growth Opp 32.34 -0.77 BNP Paribas Large Cap 82.27 -4.63 Motilal Oswal Long Term 16.48 -8.72 Baroda Mid-cap Fund(G) 8.70 -15.04 HDFC Infrastructure Fund(G) 15.77 -29.31 LUCKNOW | MONDAY | DECEMBER 24, 2018 world 12

GLOBE 222 dead as tsunami hits Indonesia Macron calls for TROTTING EGYPT SECURITY FORCES AFP n CARITA for his life. “I could not start my KILL 14 ULTRAS IN SINAI motorbike so I left it and I ran... Cairo: Egyptian security forces order after ‘yellow have killed 14 Islamist militants volcano-triggered tsuna- I just prayed and ran as far as Ami has left at least 222 I could,” the 23-year-old told in an exchange of fire in the people dead and hundreds AFP. country’s turbulent northern more injured after slamming Kathy Mueller from the Sinai region, the interior without warning into beaches International Federation of vest’ attack on police ministry said on Sunday. The around Indonesia’s Sunda Red Cross and Red Crescent militants were under Strait, officials said on Sunday, Societies said the toll was like- AFP n PARIS In Paris, the scene of fierce surveillance ahead of security voicing fears that the toll would ly to rise as the conditions on clashes and widespread forces raiding their hideout in rise further. the ground became clearer. rench President Emmanuel destruction in previous the town of El-Arish, the Hundreds of buildings “The situation, and the FMacron called for “order” weeks, the protests were main- ministry said in a statement. were destroyed by the wave, death toll, will remain fluid on Sunday after a sixth week- ly peaceful. which hit the coast of southern over the next days and even end of “yellow vest” anti- But as evening fell, SAUDI PRINCE WHO CALLED Sumatra and the western tip of weeks,” she told AFP. Government protests marked violence broke out again on FOR REFORMS DIES AT 87 Java about 9:30 pm (1430 Teams of aid workers were by dwindling participation and the iconic Champs-Elysees Riyadh: Prince Talal bin GMT) on Saturday after a vol- helping to evacuate the injured a violent attack on police in avenue. Abdulaziz, a senior member of cano known as the “child” of and bring in clean water, tar- Paris. In one incident that the royal family who supported Krakatoa erupted, national dis- paulins and provide shelter, she Speaking during a visit to caused widespread outrage, a women’s rights and once led a aster agency spokesman Sutopo added, saying the group was the central African state of group of three police officers group of dissident princes, has Purwo Nugroho said. preparing for the possibility of Chad where he was visiting on motorbike were forced to died at the age of 87. Dramatic video posted on diseases breaking out in the French troops serving in a make a hasty escape after Prince Talal was an social media showed a wall of tsunami zone. counter-terrorism force coming under attack near older brother to King Salman water suddenly crashing into a Anak Krakatoa, which Macron said: “There must be the Champs-Elysees from a and the father of businessman concert by pop group forms a small island in the order now, calm and harmony. group of demonstrators, who Prince Alwaleed bin Talal. The “Seventeen” -- hurling band Sunda Strait between Java and Our country needs it.” threw electric scooters, paving royal court said prayers for members off the stage and Rescuers remove a plastic bag containing the body of a tsunami victim from the back of a truck in Carita, Indonesia on Sumatra, emerged around 1928 “It needs harmony, unity, stones and other objects at Prince Talal, who died on then flooding into the audi- Sunday AP in the crater left by Krakatoa, sincere commitment to strong them. Saturday, will be held in Riyadh ence. which erupted in 1883 killing collective causes and we must A video of the incident, on Sunday. In a tearful Instagram post, the International Tsunami Photographer Oystein he was with his family when at least 36,000 people. heal the divisions,” said the 41- which was widely shared frontman Riefian Fajarsyah Information Centre. Andersen described how he the wave surged through “The cause of the undersea year-old centrist, who has on social media, showed one NEPAL ARMY CHIEF TO said the band’s bassist and Unlike those triggered by was caught up in the disaster Carita, carving a swathe of landslide was due to volcanic struggled to tamp down the officer pulling his gun and VISIT INDIA IN JANUARY road manager had been killed earthquakes, they give author- while on the beach taking pho- destruction. activity of Anak Krakatoa, anger of the working poor in pointing it at the advancing Kathmandu: Nepal Army chief and his wife was missing. ities no time to warn residents tos of Anak Krakatoa. “Cars were dragged about which coincided with a high smalltown and rural France protesters. General Purna Chandra Thapa Search and rescue teams of the impending threat. “I suddenly saw a big 10 metres and so were con- tide due to the full moon,” over falling spending power He and his two colleagues will visit India next month where were scouring rubble for sur- The destructive wave left a wave,” he wrote on his tainers,” Perangkat told AFP. Nugroho told reporters in and policies seen as tilted — one of whom had his motor- he will be conferred the title of vivors, with 222 people con- trail of uprooted trees and Facebook page. “Buildings on the edge of Yog yakar ta. towards the rich. bike knocked to the ground — honorary general of the Indian firmed dead, 843 people debris strewn across beaches. A “I had to run, as the wave the beach were destroyed, trees He also said the death toll A total of 38,600 people then made their getaway. Army, a senior Nepal Army injured and 28 missing, tangled mess of corrugated passed the beach and landed and electric poles fell to the would likely increase. took part in a sixth round of The video showed that, official said on Sunday. It is a Nugroho said. Tsunamis trig- steel roofing, timber and rub- 15-20m inland. (The) next ground. Indonesian authorities ini- nationwide protests on seconds before the attack, customary practice between the gered by volcanic eruptions are ble was dragged inland at wave entered the hotel area In Lampung province, on tially claimed the wave was not Saturday, according to the inte- the police had lobbed two neighbouring nations relatively rare, caused by the Carita beach, a popular spot for where I was staying and the other side of the strait, Lutfi a tsunami, but instead a tidal rior ministry — around half the stun grenades at a group of to award the honorary title to sudden displacement of water day-trippers on the west coast downed cars on the road Al Rasyid said he fled the surge and urged the public not number that demonstrated a protesters, who were some dis- each other’s army chief. or “slope failure”, according to of Java. behind it.” Asep Perangkat said beach in Kalianda city, fearing to panic. week earlier. tance away. Over 45,000 Pair freed without charge in Germany backs people hit by Canada over citizens US Govt shutdown enters 2nd flash floods in London airport drones probe held in China day, set to last through Christmas AFP n LONDON mation leading to the arrest AFP n BERLIN northern Lanka ‘Our inquiry continues at a and conviction of those respon- AFP n WASHINGTON and part of his effort to reduce from South Virginia, said of the man and a woman arrest- pace to locate those sible for the disruption. ermany expressed serious illegal immigration. Democrats shutdown. PTI n COLOMBO Aed over the drone disrup- responsible for the drone Under recently-introduced Gconcern Sunday about the partial US Government are staunchly opposed, and the Jeffrey Grignon, a tion that brought Christmas incursions, and we laws in Britain, drones cannot detention of Canadian nation- Ashutdown that entered its absence of a deal meant feder- Wisconsin healthcare worker, ver 45,000 people from getaway flights to a standstill at continue to actively follow be flown near aircraft or with- als in China, a day after Ottawa second day on Sunday was set al funds for dozens of agencies said the politicians “need to stop Onearly 14,000 families have London’s Gatwick Airport were lines of investigation’ in a kilometre of an airport, or called on allies for support in to stretch through Christmas, lapsed at midnight Friday. acting like children” and do the been hit by flash floods trig- released without charge on at an altitude of over 400 feet. securing their release. after Congress adjourned for the The House of work they were elected to do. gered by heavy rains in Sri Sunday, police said. help counter the threat. Violators face up to five The German foreign min- weekend with no deal in sight Representatives and the Senate “It isn’t just one or two peo- Lanka’s northern province. A 47-year-old man and a The dangers posed by years in prison for endangering istry said it was closely follow- to end an impasse over funding held sessions on Saturday, but ple. It’s all them,” he said. No deaths or disappear- 54-year-old woman from the drones include the possibility of an aircraft. ing the cases of former diplo- for President Donald Trump’s both chambers adjourned with- Another visitor, Howard ances have been reported so far, town of Crawley, near Britain’s a device smashing into a pas- Gatwick, around 50 kilo- mat Michael Kovrig and con- wall on the US-Mexico border. out agreement, and no votes Vander Griend, 57, predicted disaster management officials second-busiest airport, were senger plane or being sucked metres south of the British sultant Michael Spavor. Due to the shutdown -- in were expected until Thursday. Trump will come out a winner said on Sunday. The five affect- arrested on Saturday. up into an engine where its capital, is the eighth-busiest air- "We are deeply concerned which several key US agencies Visitors to the capital’s park- from the budget impasse. ed districts are Mullaithivu, The police swooped after highly flammable lithium bat- port in Europe and sits behind that political motives could ceased operations at 12:01 am like National Mall, home to “I don’t think the shut- Kilinochchi, Mannar, Vavuniya three days of disruption from tery could cause a catastrophe. Mumbai as the world’s busiest have played a role in the deten- (0501 GMT) Saturday -- Trump attractions including war down will pressure president and Jaffna. Wednesday to Friday, affecting “Our inquiry continues at single-runway air hub. On its tions of the two Canadian cit- said he would remain in memorials and the towering Trump at all,” said Vander Some areas in the affected 140,000 passengers. a pace to locate those respon- website, Gatwick said its run- izens in China," a ministry Washington over Christmas Washington Monument, criti- Griend, of Tennessee. “So I districts received more than “Both people have fully sible for the drone incursions, way was open and it aimed to spokesman said in a state- instead of going to Florida. cized the shutdown which think he will get what he wants 350 mm of rainfall last night, co-operated with our enquiries and we continue to actively fol- run a full schedule over the ment. “I am in the White House, added to an air of chaos in a and I think that’s a good thing.” causing flash floods. and I am satisfied that they are low lines of investigation,” said weekend. "We call for the cases to be working hard,” the Republican capital still reeling from Defense Although tourists could still The officials said that over no longer suspects in the drone Tingley. Passengers were warned handled based on fair standards president tweeted. “We are Secretary Jim Mattis’s resigna- stroll along the Mall and visit its 8,500 people have been shel- incidents at Gatwick,” Sussex “We ask for the public’s to expect some delays and can- and the rule of law." Canadian negotiating with the Democrats tion last week over Trump poli- open-air sites, they found pub- tered in 52 welfare camps. Police detective chief superin- continued support by reporting cellations as their airport tried Foreign Affairs Minister on desperately needed Border cies. lic restrooms closed. Some other The search and rescue tendent Jason Tingley said in a anything suspicious, contacting to recover its operations. Chrystia Freeland had Security (Gangs, Drugs, Human The uncertainty also helped Washington tourist sites includ- teams have been mobilised statement. us with any information in rela- “Safety is Gatwick’s top said Saturday that detentions Trafficking & more) but it could pushed Wall Street into anoth- ing the White House Visitor together with boats. Drones were sighted tion to the drone incidents at priority and we are grateful for were "not only a Canadian be a long stay.” er rout on Friday, ending its Center, National Christmas The Navy and the Army buzzing around the airfield Gatwick.” passengers’ continued patience issue" and repeated a call for the Trump has dug in on his worst week in a decade. Tree, and National Archives — personnel have also been more than 50 times, forcing the The airport has offered a as we work to get them to their "immediate" release of the two demand for USD5 billion for “Oh I think it’s ridiculous. home to the US Constitution engaged in the relief and rescue government to bring in spe- 50,000 (USD 63,000, 56,000 final destination in time for men who had been "detained construction of the border wall, It’s unnecessary,” Philip Gibbs, and other historic documents — missions. cialist military resources to euro) pound reward for infor- Christmas,” the airport said. arbitrarily". a signature campaign promise a retired business professor were closed. Head of UN monitors Netanyahu seeks to calm Israeli concerns over Trump’s Syria pullout AFP n JERUSALEM The prime minister’s office “The decision to remove the intelligence field, and many the coalition fighting the and advanced weapons deliv- arrives in Yemen’s has not confirmed the meeting the 2,000 US soldiers from other security fields.” Islamic State group, Brett eries to Hezbollah. sraeli Prime Minister reported by Israeli media. Syria won’t change our consis- Separately, Israel’s military McGurk, has also resigned. A friendly fire incident in IBenjamin Netanyahu sought Trump last week said the tent policy,” Netanyahu said at chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot told The withdrawal abruptly September that led to a Russian rebel-held Sanaa on Sunday to calm domestic Islamic State group had been the start of a cabinet meeting. a conference on Sunday that ends American influence in the plane being downed by Syrian concerns over US President defeated and he was with- “We will continue to act the US decision was “a signif- war-ravaged country and gives air defences during an Israeli AFP n SANAA in Sanaa. Donald Trump’s decision to drawing the United States’ against Iran’s attempt to estab- icant event but it should not be Turkey an opening to attack strike has however complicat- On Friday, the UN Security withdraw from Syria, saying his 2,000 troops from Syria. lish a military presence in overstated”. “For decades we’ve US-backed Kurds in Syria. ed Israeli operations there. he head of the UN team Council unanimously approved country will still act against Israel has seen the US pres- Syria, and if the need arises, we been handling this front alone,” But Israel is particularly Russia subsequently Ttasked with monitoring a a resolution authorising the Iran there. ence in neighbouring Syria as a will even expand our activities Eisenkot said. concerned about the presence upgraded Syrian air defences fragile ceasefire in Yemen’s deployment of observers to Netanyahu will also report- bulwark against its main enemy there.” He added that he want- Trump’s decision to with- of Iran there as well as with the delivery of the port city of Hodeida arrived in Hodeida, which is held by the edly meet US Secretary of State Iran and a counterweight to ed to “calm those concerned”. draw from Syria -- as well as Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shiite advanced S-300 system, which the rebel-held capital of Sanaa rebels and has been subjected Mike Pompeo when he travels Russia. Both Russia and Iran “Our cooperation with the reduce forces in Afghanistan - group backed by Tehran. Israel Damascus had said would on Sunday, an AFP photogra- to an offensive by pro-govern- to Brazil for the January 1 inau- support Syrian President Bashar United States continues full- - led US Defence Secretary Jim has carried out hundreds of air make Israel “think carefully” pher said. ment forces. guration of new president Jair al-Assad’s regime in the coun- force, and takes place in many Mattis to quit in disagreement. strikes in Syria against what it before carrying out further air Retired Dutch general A halt to fighting in the Bolsonaro. try’s civil war. fields -- the operational field, The US special envoy to says are Iranian military targets raids. Patrick Cammaert is heading a strategic port city follows joint committee including intense diplomatic efforts members of the government which culminated in peace and the Huthi rebels, in charge talks earlier this month in of monitoring a truce in the Sweden, where the warring Indian man stripped of UK Resurgent al-Qaeda planning to Red Sea city and its surround- parties agreed to the truce ings. which came into force on Cammaert was greeted by Tuesday. citizenship over rape conviction head of the Huthi delegation, The ceasefire remained blow up airports, airliners: UK Min Ali al-Mushki, and a number of shaky, however, with both sides PTI n LONDON deported to India. other members of the UN accusing each other of viola- ‘Deprivation on conducive An Upper Tribunal of the PTI n LONDON become familiar with new seeing al-Qaeda appear in areas team at Sanaa international tions in Hodeida province. n Indian man who was grounds can be used Immigration and Asylum methods and still aspire to we thought were dormant,” airport. He did not comment The UN monitoring team Aconvicted of 23 counts of where individuals pose a Chamber judge said in a error group al-Qaeda is on aviation attacks,” he said. Wallace told the newspaper. upon arrival. aims to secure the functioning sexual abuse of a male child threat to national security, judgement published recently: Ta resurgent mode and may The minister said the gov- Al-Qaeda and its affiliates He is making a stop in of Hodeida port and supervise within his family has been “It is my conclusion that the be plotting major terrorist ernment had pumped in 25 are now believed to be active in Sanaa before heading to the withdrawal of fighters from stripped of his British citizen- or have been involved in appellant obtained naturalisa- attacks on airports and airlin- million pounds into a joint UK Syria, Afghanistan, Yemen, Hodeida, a lifeline port city that the city. ship and faces deportation to war crimes, serious and tion in 2004 by deliberately ers, Britain’s security Minister Home Office and Department Libya and other countries in serves as the entry point for the The text approved by India. organised crime, and concealing material facts.” warned on Sunday. for Transport research pro- the Middle East. majority of imports to war-torn the Security Council “insists on The man, who can only be unacceptable behaviours A Home Office The terrorist group behind gramme on how to protect The UK minister said Yemen, a UN official said, the full respect by all parties of identified as RSD for legal rea- such as extremism or spokesperson said: “Any British the 9/11 attacks on the World planes even more from improvements in airport secu- after holding talks Saturday the ceasefire agreed” for sons, came to the UK from Citizen may be deprived of his Trade Center in New York in new chemicals, different meth- rity meant terrorists were less with Yemen government offi- Hodeida. India in 1997 and was granted glorification of terrorism, or her citizenship if the 2001 poses a growing threat ods of explosion and insider likely to smuggle explosives cials in Aden. It authorises the United British citizenship in 2004. In unless to deprive would Secretary of State is satisfied that is keeping ministers threats. through terminal security sys- On Saturday, Cammaert Nations to “establish and 2011, he was found guilty of render them stateless’ that it would be conducive to “awake at night”, Ben Wallace He noted that the decline tems. urged the government and the deploy, for an initial period of grooming and raping a 7-year- the public good. It is a power told The Sunday Times. of the Islamic State (ISIS) ter- “They have explored other Saudi-led coalition backing the 30 days from the adoption of old child. citizenship on the grounds that used for extreme and excep- “The aviation threat is rorist group meant al-Qaeda ways of getting bombs on loyalists to uphold the ceasefire this resolution, an advance According to a ‘Sunday when he applied to be a UK cit- tional cases. real,” he warned, adding that would seek to reassert itself as planes. We’ve talked publicly that came into effect last week, team to begin monitoring” the Telegraph’ report, a UK court izen he lied about the fact he “Deprivation on conducive British intelligence had the world’s leading terror group about an insider threat issue. If said UN spokesman Stephane ceasefire, under Cammaert’s sentenced him to 14 years was sexually abusing a child. grounds can be used where revealed that al-Qaeda was and an aviation attack could be you can’t get in the front door, Dujarric. leadership. imprisonment and placed him The man won an appeal individuals pose a threat to developing technology to bring its calling card. you’re going to try to get in the He also “sought their com- Around 10,000 people have on the sexual offenders’ regis- against that decision but a national security, or have been down passenger jets. “al-Qaeda sat quietly in back door,” he said. mitment and cooperation to been killed since the Saudi-led ter for life after finding him to senior judge has ruled in involved in war crimes, serious “Aviation is still a blue the corner and tried to work “In 2019 we should be secure the unhindered flow of intervention, according to the have groomed and raped the favour of the Home and organised crime, and unac- riband event for these terror- out what the 21st century alert to al-Qaeda. They are re- humanitarian aid”, said World Health Organisation, boy between 2003 and 2010. Secretary, Sajid Javid, uphold- ceptable behaviours such as ists. Al-Qaeda are resurgent. looked like, while ISIS became energising some previous links Dujarric, adding that although rights groups say the In what is believed to be ing the decision to strip RSD of extremism or glorification of They have reorganised. They the latest terrorist boy band, but and support and their ambition Cammaert will “convey death toll could be five times the first case of its kind, the UK his passport this month, which terrorism, unless to deprive are pushing more and more they have not gone away — towards aviation is real,” he similar messages” to the Huthis higher. Home Secretary removed his means he now faces being would render them stateless.” plots towards Europe and have they have reorganised. You’re added. {mindspace} LUCKNOW | MONDAY | DECEMBER 24, 2018 vivacity 13

increase their presence in the market and provide the best experience to the end con- sumer. The new age trend of online shopping has been able Spiritual to break the psychological barrier of experiencing a product via touch and feel. Therefore, the luxury pay- values and goals masters who are looking for discounts are now comfort- able in splurging online. Even Tolerance, patience, steadfastness people who are not looking for discounts on luxury and non-violence are prerequisites to brands prefer shopping online the firm establishment of standards because of the wider selection of products available. in a society. By RAJYOGI The ease of shopping lux- ury brands in the comfort of BRAHMAKUMAR NIKUNJ JI their home gives the shoppers a better way to explore an e all remember how extensive variety at better 2018 started with prices, as compared to the Wviolent clashes offline stores. The customers between people from various can easily access multiple castes in western region of brands all at one place with India, which incidentally is just a few clicks. People no known for its rich cultural longer have to travel abroad in heritage. The question that order to get steal deals because continues to baffle people is the domestic portals give what was the need to clash them the convenience to shop over an event that took place international luxury brands more than hundreds of years anywhere, anytime without ago? More importantly, does any hassle. As we have seen in it makes any sense? the past, the majority of lux- But it was not as if India was ury online shoppers in our the only place which was country consisted of millenni- plagued by senseless violence. als in the age group of 21-30, It also occurred across the who wanted luxury items on world and points to the need discounts. But the year 2018 of paying due attention to the Keep IT simple values which have eroded saw the non online shoppers in the the age group of 30-50 over a period of time. It is also hard-working and sincere coming on board and making essential that we understand worker but one does not get a shift. These were the ones the nature, the scope and the economic justice at the hands The luxury market has seen a tectonic shift from offline to online mode, says NAKUL BAJAJ who earlier didn’t prefer to functional aspects of these of the employer, one’s mind make big purchases online. values. Take for example, the ceases to have love and regard he recent years have years, we have witnessed a pushed the customers to try consumers, which could never There has been a great world-wide protests against a for his employer whom he witnessed the evo- major shift in the shopping the online payment method be available offline as the realisation of the benefits of book written by an author now considers as selfish and lution of the Digital segment — from offline to and trust it like never before. physical stores face the issue online shopping in this partic- who has won a Booker prize, exploitative. Thus, love and Era in our country. online in tier two and three According to of extremely high rentals and ular segment, which previous- or against a dictator’s call to regard, as values, lose their Slowly and steadily, cities as well. Darveys.com’s annual report space constraints in our coun- ly never came online to pur- kill that writer. It is being said, strength and are unable to sus- theT market culture is shifting The demonetisation drive 2017-18, 28 per cent of regu- try which leads to smaller chase anything. The hectic in this context, that one has, tain themselves, if they are not from offline to online in our in November 2016 changed lar COD customers made a stores. This is turn means lifestyle, ever-growing depen- no doubt, the right to freedom responded or reciprocated country, which is quite evident the dynamics of the luxury repeat purchase via online that there are only limited col- dence on smartphones, the of expression but one has also with economic or social jus- from the fact that online shop- space in two major ways. mode after demonitisation, lections at their stores. impact of western culture and the duty to respect the feelings tice. pers have quadrupled in When 86 per cent of the cash and 67 per cent of new online The online shopping cul- increased brand awareness of others. In other words, one A similar explanation can be recent years. From everyday was removed from circulation, transactors, who earlier pre- ture and in turn sector has through various mediums are has the right to enjoy one’s given for the tangled problem essentials to your favourite customers became more cau- AT THE ENTIRE ferred COD (cash on delivery) been booming at an exponen- few of the reasons why the freedom of expression in a of a southern state whose head became estranged from luxury brands, everything is tious about what they are INDUSTRY LEVEL, IN mode have continued to use tial rate in our country and is older generation also caught way that it does not infringe available online these days. paying for the items. Earlier the online mode after their directly affecting the offline onto the trend. on the freedom of faith of oth- the central government This new age trend in the the customers who were hap- TERMS OF LUXURY, shift to the online payment for sector. Online portals have Looking forward to the ers. This, therefore, means because he felt that the latter market is the result of various pily shopping luxury brands THERE HAS BEEN A the first time. At the entire been studying this behaviour- year 2019, the online luxury seg- that freedom of expression did not meet their justified demands to act with a spirit of factors, the biggest one of offline and paying full price JUMP OF industry level, in terms of lux- al change of the Indian con- ment is expected to provide and, for that matter, every them being the high penetra- for them made a considerable ury, there has been a jump of sumers. In order to be on the greater accessibility to brands other value is not absolute. fairplay, justice and good-will tion of smartphones, which shift to try online players 22 PER CENT FROM 22 per cent from cash on top of their game, they have and collections in tier two and On the other hand, just as towards him and his state. All these examples and expla- has led to increased accessibil- ranging from international CASH ON DELIVERY delivery to online transac- been offering amazing ser- tier three markets of the coun- rights and duties put limits on each other, values also delim- nations show that not only are ity to the internet across the websites like Net-a-porter, TO DIGITAL tions in the last two years vices, simplified try. Luxury fashion sector shall there certain values, such as tol- country. Around five years Neiman Marcus to domestic across the industry. return/exchange policies and be one of the first sectors where- it each other’s functional area TRANSACTIONS and scope. If we neglect this erance, patience, steadfastness, ago, the trend of online shop- websites like Darveys.com, Online websites have faster delivery timelines. They in online sales shall surpass non-violence and more which ping was majorly popular and which offer more brands, OVER THE LAST given an increased access to a are constantly improving offline sales in our country. aspect of values in the present- day world, then also we find are prerequisite to the firm available in the metropolitan newer styles and better prices, TWO YEARS wider variety of luxury brands themselves to compete with (The author is the Director establishment of values in a cities only, but in the last two all on one platform. It also and collections to the Indian the physical stores in order to of a luxury brand.) many kinds of dissonance and dissensions in our society. society, but also that in order to Further, we may find dis- build a society based on values, a sizeable group of people who If men cannot control their urges agreement among individuals or among communities in are steadfast in their commit- Mythical river raises upon seeing a beautiful girl, let them ment to values and who wear blindfolds. Why should women their value-judgements. In the above case, for example, some observe tolerance, patience and questions today hide themselves behind ghungats and non-violence are needed even burkhas? If men get so excited seeing consider ‘freedom of expres- sion’ while others are con- when they find that there is no a woman alone at night, let them be cerned about the respect for reciprocity to their observance indoors before sunset — why do the others’ religious feelings, as a of the values of love, respect women have to do so? I cannot help higher value. In such cases, it and so on. And, such a sizeable WHY DID but think that our morality is upside is tolerance and non-violence group, which observes moral down and inside out. that can maintain peace, pre- and human values in the face Some time ago, I had written an vent further erosion of values of provocations and tempta- article on the need for stories about or restore stability to the soci- tions, can come into existence sexual assault and rape for young ety. only when spiritual values and SARASWATI readers, for that is the group of peo- goals, which have their origin We must bear in mind that ple who I work with and for. I had an erosion in values takes place in and direct support and sus- overwhelming response from total if there is no reciprocity. For tenance from God inspire strangers and dear friends urging me example, if one is an honest, them. to write it and wishing they had such DISAPPEAR? a story when they were being sexual- ly victimised. Many confessed for the very first don’t often write about mytholo- time that this had happened to them gy. It’s today’s stories that engage — they had no platform to talk. Ime. Yet I found myself suddenly Others had actually told an adult, drawn to an ancient story. What sometimes a mother, about the assault drew me in was how relevant the and they had been told to be quiet questions it raises are today. Especially about it and make sure that they were today. never alone with the man again. One of the stories around why the Again, the burden of protection River Saraswati is subterranean goes and shame became the victim’s to like this, Brahma gave birth to carry. The criminal, because surely Saraswati from his forehead. As she that is what he is, went scot free much leapt out, he was so taken up by her of the time. beauty that he “fell in love” and start- today? For me, it is the fact that Brahma gave birth to The question that is so relevant is And yes, I don’t believe in trial by ed to pursue her. Horrified at the Brahma continues to be worshipped the Goddess, as she why does the burden of “shame” rest social media either. The converse sit- advances of her father, Saraswati fled as a god (yes, let’s put that in a small leapt out, he was so upon the victim, especially one who has uation is also true. Men who are being and disappeared underground. She ‘g’ and not dignify it with a reverent suffered sexual advances? Why does the named in the #MeToo storm should may or may not have made a brief capital letter). And she, poor thing, taken up by her beauty perpetrator of sexual excesses contin- also get equal recourse to tell their sto- appearance, there are different ver- spent her life fleeing the lustful gaze that he fell in love. ue to be whatever he was ordained to ries. I don’t agree with giving one half sions of that story. But all versions or worse of her own father. And, grad- Horrified at the be, attain whatever his life’s goals were voice by taking away the others’ voice. agree she had to disappear once ually, had to hide herself away alto- and the victim becomes defined by the But let’s take away the burden of shame again. Never to surface again. gether and almost cease to exist. So advances of her father, crime she suffered till she is forced to and silence from victims and help So, what’s the connection of a much so, that people began to won- she vanished. protect herself by negating whatever she Saraswati flow free and wild again. mythical river with what’s happening der if she ever was. was or wanted to be? —IANS

Even strength must bow to wisdom sometimes. — Rick Riordan

ALCOHOL IMAGES AFFECT DRINKING HABITS CALORIE LABEL MAKES YOU RETHINK FOOD BINGE DRINKING LINKED TO ONLINE ADDICTION AI SYSTEM LEARNS TO DIAGNOSE HAEMORRHAGE RISE IN BREAST CANCER LEADS TO OVARIAN CANCER Alcohol images on birthday and Love eating fries, or cherry College students who binge Researchers have developed a Christmas cards reflect and reinforce a Breast cancer, the leading cause of mortality cheesecake? But you might drink frequently post on social system using Artificial Intelligence social attitude that excess drinking is among women in India, is being seen as an resist binging on those after media in an intoxicated (AI) to quickly diagnose and classify acceptable and associated with augmenting factor in the rise in ovarian cancer reading the calorie content condition and show signs of celebration, say public health experts. brain haemorrhages and to provide social media addiction, a new cases as well, according to medical experts. information, say researchers. While themes of drunkenness on the basis of its decisions from study has warned. Dr M.D. Ray, surgical oncologist at AIIMS, The study showed that seeing greeting cards are popular and relatively small image datasets. The findings suggested that Delhi, says women who have been diagnosed pictures of food with calorie considered normal, it undermines According to the researchers, such a system could become when compared to those students who had never binged, with breast cancer remain at a higher risk of contracting ovarian information that you might public health messages about harmful drinking, according an indispensable tool for hospital emergency departments those who did were more likely to have posted on any cancer due to the presence of same gene that triggers both cancers. otherwise be inclined to eat not to an article published in the journal, The BMJ. evaluating patients with symptoms of a potentially life- social media platform while drinking and while These cards “influence views on drinking and reinforce this only made those less appetizing, intoxicated. threatening stroke. “Some critics suggest that Machine “Genes are responsible for cancer. Owing to the rise in the incidence as a social norm,” said Virginia Pearson and Tracey Polak but it also appeared to change the way your brain “During these times when young students are feeling Learning (ML) algorithms cannot be used in clinical practice of breast cancer, we have observed that there is a considerable from Britain's Devon County Council. responds to the food. disinhibited by alcohol, they may be even more likely than because the algorithms do not provide justification for their increase in cases of ovarian cancer as well in the past few years. Illustrations and texts portray alcohol as natural, enjoyable “Our findings suggest that calorie-labelling may alter usual to post inappropriate material without considering decisions,” said co-lead author Sehyo Yune from the Even at AIIMS there have been many cases where a female patient and fun, and can range from a glass of champagne with the responses in the brain's reward system when considering the future impact,” said lead author Natalie A. Ceballos word “cheers” to those that are more excessive and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in the US. has been diagnosed with both,” Dr Ray said. food options,” said co-author Andrea Courtney, from the Texas State University in San Marcos. encourage binge drinking. To train the system, the research team began with 904 head BRCA1 and BRCA2 are human genes that produce tumour For the study, published in the Journal of Studies on postdoctoral student at the Stanford University in the US. In addition, phrases such as “let's get wrecked”, “all the CT scans, each consisting of around 40 individual images suppressor proteins. However, when either of these are mutated, Alcohol and Drugs, the research team recruited 425 “Moreover, we believe that nutritional interventions are gin” and “trollied” are printed across images of people that were labelled by a team of five neuroradiologists as to meaning it doesn't function correctly — the damage to the DNA may undergraduate students aged between 18 and 25. likely to be more successful if they take into account the clearly drunk, surrounded by empty bottles, drinking whether they depicted one of the five haemorrhage subtypes, not be repaired properly. As a result, cells are more likely to develop They asked about students' alcohol use, including the directly from a bottle, or in some case unconscious, said motivation of the consumer, including whether or not they based on the location within the brain, or no haemorrhage. additional genetic alterations that can lead to cancer. quantity and frequency with which they drank and if they the researchers. diet,” said Courtney. had ever “binged.” LUCKNOW | MONDAY | DECEMBER 24, 2018 vivacity 14

Year of the adventurist 2018 has been a year that saw Indian travellers stepping out of their comfort zones to explore No Christmas activities and destinations that traditionally have holiday for Ranbir not been done before, says RAKSHIT DESAI Actor RANBIR KAPOOR will have a ith the current year wrap- only included growing work stress working Christmas this year as he is ping up, 2019 is all set to amongst employees or maintaining busy with his shooting schedule of Wmark new travel habits a work-life balance, but also a cer- and trends that will blend the desire tain technological advance enabling Shamshera with his director Karan to head to unexplored and off-beat “work from anywhere”, which cre- Malhotra. Giving him company will destinations in the coming year. ated a win-win situation for both be his leading lady in the film, Indians are travelling like never employers and employees. actress Vaani Kapoor, who also before. And these travellers have Destinations like the New York, doesn’t have a break on that day. varied aspirations to explore newer London, Singapore, Malaysia and destinations across the world, both Tokyo were top of their Bleisure “No Christmas holiday for Ranbir on shoe-string and lavish budgets. appeal in 2018. and the cast and crew of One of the hottest trends in Sports Tourism gained popular- Shamshera. Karan 2018 was Cross Generational Travel. ity too in the year 2018, owing to the (Malhotra) and the entire As travelling with an extended 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, family, in-laws or grandparents and will surely continue to grow in crew has found a great became ‘cooler’, this led to a new 2019 with the ICC World Cup in shooting rhythm and trend of cross-generational trips, England and Wales. Sports enthu- they are working at a that takes everyone in a family to a siasts plan months in advance to great pace to finish new aspect of a destination. And visit host countries to not just the schedule as this has rewards in the form of enjoy the game live, but also travel strengthened bonds and memories. and explore a new country. planned. The gigan- Another hot trend was Multi- A powerhouse of Long- tic set that has been Destination Travel. Many travellers Weekends, 2018 witnessed a never- created for Ranbir prefer clubbing destinations to their seen-before boost to weekend get- will also need to be existing itinerary as it helps them to aways and staycations. Destinations altered for the second strike off several places at one go that are a mere short-drive or a which proves to be cost effective. flight away make for a perfect schedule so the entire SNOWBALL EFFECT For example, experiencing The Weekend Getaway. Goa, Alibaug crew is working on a Great Barrier Reef in Queensland and Lonavala were extremely pop- tight deadline to wrap the and performances at the Opera ular amongst Mumbaikars. For shoot and then start con- Electronica sensation NUCLEYA tells CHAHAK MITTAL how EDM has evolved to be House in Sydney, clubbed with Delhiites, Agra, Jaipur, Shimla, struction for the second Bungee Jumping at the Kawarau Mussoorie and Dehradun were one of the most dedicated music genres and cultures in Indian clubs Bridge in Queenstown or experienc- favored destinations for short stays. one.” ing the night safari in Kenya Staycations were extremely popular The film is slated to ost people might music thus making a mix that a Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, clubbed with the pristine beaches at amongst Indians who wanted to release on July 31, 2020. believe that very few artistes have done in Guwahati, Jaipur, before culmi- Seychelles would be cheaper than avoid travel but at the same time Nucleya has been the country. He says, “EDM nating in Kochi. doing each separately. wanted to enjoy the luxuries of a star around only for music is very repetitive and He tells us that the album is Since the release of Dil hotel, primarily giving them the feel ‘I'm thrilled to be part the past few hence, it is challenging to give it the result of his long pending Dhadakne Do, a full-length Hindi of a holiday without getting out of Myears. But the phenomenon that a new-looking sound every- ideas of bringing Indian bass, film shot on a cruise, experiencing the city. of the project (Indian is Udyan Sagar, who is better time. The trick is to find what reggae and dance music togeth- the sea aboard a luxury liner became Sleepcations turned out to be a 2). I'm quite excited known by his stage name, came space can be filled within the er along his profound love for extremely popular with Indian trav- growing trend amongst Indians about my role and about bit by bit since the 1990s. palate of the Indian taste of experimental sounds of pop. ellers. Once considered to be too travellers. Exclusively designed for the skills I will get to Today, he is the face of the music.” The album has many collabora- expensive, cruise holidays are no sleep deprived travellers with high beginning of electronic dance Only a few of his fans know tions including ones with actress longer the reserve of the rich and pressure jobs, ‘sleepcators’ often learn on the music (EDM) in India. And as about Udyan’s projects during and singer Shruti Hassan and wealthy only. This trend has gained end up in mountains or at beaches job. Signing if to acknowledge that he has his teenage years in Ahmedabad. singer and rapper Raftaar, along momentum among all age groups in for a relaxed time and, of course, to the film is a finally arrived, a luxury and There was one known as the with indie artists, Rashmeet 2018 as the experience to board a catch up on their sleep. Kerala, Goa step up in lifestyle magazine recently called Local Ahmedabad Dance Music Kaur, Avneet Kurmi and Vibha cruise has great aspirational value and Gokarna were the most pre- my career. Nucleya a force to be reckoned that he had launched as a genre Saraf. among Indian travellers. Also keep- ferred locales for a sleepcation. My golden with. more than 20 years ago. He rem- Udyan reveals the signifi- ing the Indian value-seekers in While travelling in large groups So how did he first decide to inisces about the past when I DON’T AGREE cance of the title of the album, mind, a cruise holiday is a great continues to remain a prominent times make music through mixing asked about how he and his Tota Myna, “My mother called value for money — owing to all- trend amongst Indian travellers, started some Indian Desi and interna- music evolved over time. He says THAT EDM IS Smriti (wife) and me Tota Myna inclusive packages. Asian waters 2018 also dedicated a fraction of when I signed tional Rock beats? He laughs and that not just him but the over- LINKED TO when we were younger. We continue to remain as cruise itself to the young Solo Travellers. Magadheera. I’ve answer that he always had the all music industry has evolved DRUG OR were inseparable, like the love hotspots due to air connectivity and Solo Tours are the best outlet for seen many ups and urge to find his own tunes. So he manifolds, including the audi- birds.” pricing. However, Alaska Cruises, travellers who desire privacy and started using Indian, Western, ence. “There’s a much larger SUBSTANCE He says about the album, “It Bahamas and Florida Cruises, South freedom to explore locales at their downs but after that, Classical, Jazz, Electronic, Rock, audience to reach out to today. represents the special place that American and Transatlantic cruis- own pace. Cities that are rich in his- my career did together. He says, “The idea was The industry is massive now and ABUSE. DUE TO love songs and pop music has in es along with River cruises in tory and culture such as Berlin, catapult to the next just to make a new sound. It was is also full of opportunities. I SOME PEOPLE, our lives. It is nostalgic as it Europe continue to garner increas- Rome, Florence, Krakow are the league.’ very unintentional. I made personally feel that I have SUCH reminds me of the time when ing interest. best spots for some soul-searching. —Kajal Aggarwal music for myself. Like-minded become more of a musician we were not married.” An unusual trend that got With the growing demand of people started getting attracted now as I have gained more ACTIVITIES The album art is inspired by noticed in 2018 was Glamping — unconventional accommodation to it and that’s how it perhaps awareness about diverse things the love birds seen on the trucks luxurious camping. These trav- options such as Airbnb and hostels, Actor VICKY KAUSHAL, goes into gained momentum.” and music.” ARE CREATING in India. ellers love to combine adventurous solo Travel will continue to soar in army mode with URI and the What really worked for He feels that even though A HARMFUL There are always some destinations with luxurious accom- 2019 too. audience is impressed by such an Udyan was becoming a part of there is still a long way to go, he stereotypes and stigmas associ- modations in camps with high-end All in all, 2018 has been a year avatar of him, As we know Vicky the musical group, The Bandish has found multiple means to IMAGE OF ated with different music gen- services and amenities. For exam- that saw Indian travellers stepping Projekt which “completely trans- always keep enhancing his music res. There are some related to ple — Luxury Safari Tent stays in out of their comfort zone to explore will be playing the role of a patri- formed” his understanding of and be much more experimen- THOSE WHO EDM music as well. Many stud- Masai Mara, Kenya saw an enthu- activities and destinations that tra- otic soldier who becomes that music. However, he parted ways tative. ARE ies have discussed the drug siastic response from Indian trav- ditionally have not been done part of the surgi- as he wasn’t expecting anything He highlights that when he used at rave parties, which has ellers. before. As 2018 comes to an end, cal strike. big but wanted to go in a con- first started, “there were lesser PASSIONATE led to the inevitable assumption Business mixed with leisure, many of these trends will continue Talking about trastingly different direction number of night clubs or party ABOUT THE that it is ‘drug music.’ It is Bleisure, continued to change the to grow in the coming year as trav- and hence, started experiment- houses. People partied less. known to be linked to substance Indian workplace culture in 2018, el enthusiasts will always be on a how he trained ing. It was at this time that There was no concept of a ‘night MUSIC AS AN abuse and escapism. However, where travel for work was perceived lookout to explore new opportuni- for the film Vicky “street music caught my inter- life’ or ‘night culture.’ We only ART FORM Udyan would like to strongly more as an experience rather than ties and destinations. said, “To play a est.” had some farm house parties to disagree and insists that it is a routine. The key elements con- (The author is the Managing para SF com- It was only after his album, perform at. But today, it has “myth.” tributing to the rise of Bleisure not Director of a travel company.) mando, I needed Koocha Monster, released in evolved to become an industry. He says, “I don’t agree that 2013, attracted masses that It’s grown huge. And it is not just EDM is linked to drug or sub- a lot of focus and persistence. Nucleya became a favourite limited to India or its music, but stance abuse. Due to some peo- Every day, I had to motivate among electronica fans in India. is also actively gathering inputs ple, such activities are creating myself. I had to gain 15 kilos for Koocha means ‘street’ in Urdu. from international music as a harmful image of those who the role and since I don’t put on Success came through a cir- well. Clubs have today dedicat- are passionate about the music weight too easily, I was pretty cuitous path, he acknowledges, ed their regular music to this as an art form. Associating the “I am not a trained musician. My genre. Many of them have spe- two things negate the artistic tensed.” creative process has been an cial ‘EDM nights.’” value and the creativity of The film is directed by Aditya open-ended one but at the same The musician is now all music. It not only trivialises the Dhar and is slated to release on time exciting too.” geared up for his Sunburn Arena culture around it but also spoils January 11 2019. The Laung Gawacha com- tour in six cities of India, which the fun for those who actually poser talks about how he man- would also mark the launching only came for amusement.” aged to bring the style of inter- of his new album, Tota Myna. (The musician also per- Jake and Jeanne national EDM artists to Indian The tour will be travelling to formed in the city yesterday.) have an age gap Actor JAKE GYLLENHAAL, 38, is TECH TALK reportedly dating 22-year-old model Jeanne Cadieu. very relationship has a all these things, and your friends breaking point. Even yours might not be there. Despite having a 16-year age dif- Ewith Facebook. There’s a If you find your mind wan- ference between the Nightcrawler way out, though the social net- dering back to Facebook as you actor and the model, their relation- work will try to win you back Breaking up is hard go through your day, thinking ship is progressing with promises to do better. how you might craft a post quickly. 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After sharing top spot Modric caps golden 2018, with Atletico for a delivers Solari’s first trophy short spell, Barcelona struck out once gain by beating Celta Vigo

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arcelona held off Atletico Madrid to ensure they will be three points clear at the Btop of La liga going into the winter break Ole’s era starts after beating a spirited Espanyol 2-0 at the Camp Nou on Saturday. First-half goals from Ousmane Dembele and Lionel Messi were enough to move Ernesto AP n ABU DHABI with a bang Valverde's side up to 37 points and keep them one step ahead of Atletico, who earlier drew level uka Modric scored one goal and set up AFP n CARDIFF with Barca with a 1-0 win over Espanyol Lanother in leading Real Madrid to the Club thanks to an Antoine Griezmann penalty. World Cup title by easing past host side Al le Gunnar Solskjaer "In the first half we got behind their Ain 4-1 on Saturday. Oinsisted having "good defence well, we saw that with any play, play- Ballon d'Or winner Modric struck from players" was the key to his ing with the space (left behind) we could score," long range in the 14th minute after a promis- instant impact as Manchester said Valverde. ing start by the underdog Al Ain. He then United caretaker manager in Dembele put the hosts into the lead after just placed a corner kick for Sergio Ramos to put a 5-1 thumping of Cardiff on nine minutes when he lashed home on the the result beyond doubt at 3-0 in the 79th. Saturday. rebound after Messi's first-time shot was pushed Midfielder Marcos Llorente also scored Not since Alex Ferguson's into his path by Celta keeper Ruben Blanco. from outside the area for Madrid's second goal final game in charge in 2013 Messi doubled his side's advantage just to help the European champions claim a had United scored five goals before half-time, bursting through competely record-extending seventh world in a single Premier League unmarked to meet the excellent Jordi Alba's title. Losing 3-0, Al Ain defender game and the Red Devils through ball and wrong-foot Tsukasa Shiotani headed in a con- looked a side transformed Blanco as he slotted in his 15th solation goal, then teammate Yahia from the turgid football of league goal of the season. Nader scored an own goal in stop- Jose Mourinho's final days in then the next game lose." The Argentine and Alba page time. charge. The visiting fans enthusi- linked up nicely throughout, Madrid, which has won the last "They are very good play- astically chanted Solskjaer's with the left-back providing the three Champions Leagues, has also ers, talented players, they've name throughout and were pass for the Messi shot that led won the last three Club World approached the game proper- enjoying their side moving the to Dembele's opener. Cups. They now have three more world titles ly and worked hard. A Man ball around with a speed and "They (Messi and Alba) are a duo that have than the next best, AC Milan. Utd team should never be out- accuracy more reminiscent been working together for some time, they "It's been an unforgettable year for me," worked," said Solskjaer. of his days as a player at Old understand each other perfectly," added said Modric, who led Croatia to the World The Norwegian has been Trafford when United domi- Valverde. Cup final in July. put in charge until the end of nated English football. "Let's hope they carry on working well." "It's been perfect. We won the the season after Mourinho "It's nothing like they have Luis Suarez missed a great opportunity to out on a Ballon d'Or despite winning the Champions League, I had a spectacular was sacked on Tuesday and been playing," said Cardiff put the result beyond any doubt on the hour Europa League with Atletico last season and World Cup with Croatia, and now I have won could not have asked for a bet- boss Neil Warnock. "We mark when he flashed wide after being found the World Cup with France in the summer, is another title with Madrid. It's been a dream ter start in the Welsh capital. expected that from the by Alba with another fine pass, but despite fre- on a fine run of form after having saved his year." As well as getting teamsheet." quently testing Barca keeper Marc-Andre ter side with a late winner at Real Valladolid last Al Ain reached the final after proving to Solskjaer off to a flying start, Pogba was at the heart of Stegen, Celta could not find the goal that would week. be the surprise of the short tournament. The victory also sees United cru- United's best work and having have put the Catalans under real pressure. His winner on Saturday was his fourth in local club from the United Arab Emirates cially close the gap on the been fouled for the free-kick three games after bagging a brace last week and upset South American champion River Plate Premier League top four to leading to Marcus Rashford's GRIEZMANN ON TARGET scoring in Atletico's 3-0 hammering of Alaves in the semifinals on penalties. eight points thanks to opener, his intelligent Earlier, Griezmann smashed home from a fortnight ago. "This title is merited by my players," Chelsea's 1-0 home pass picked out Ander the spot 10 minutes after the break to give "It was important to win regardless of how "Antoine is an excellent goalscorer," added Madrid coach Santiago Solari said. defeat by Leicester earli- Herrera, whose shot Diego Simeone's side three points from a hard- we did it," said Atletico captain Diego Godin. Godin. "He works for the team brilliantly and Of Llorente, he added: "He has been er in the day. flicked off Greg fought match with mid-table Espanyol that "We go into the (two-week) winter break helps with his his goals." working hard, even when no one was watch- "We're eight points Cunningham to loop extended Atletico's unbeaten league run to 14 happy with the three points." Sevilla can join Atletico on 34 points with ing." Earlier, River beat Kashima Antlers 4- behind, so our job is to over the helpless Neil matches. The 27-year-old Griezmann, who missed a win at Leganes on Sunday late night clash. 0 for third place. take one game at a time," Etheridge to make it 2- added Solskjaer. 0 inside half an hour. "We always play well If Solskjaer's side SINGLES in the second half of the sea- were fortunate then, it was son." Cardiff who got a break nine BAGAN BLANK SHILLONG LAJONG Mandzukic adds to Roma’s trouble Paul Pogba was forced to minutes later when the assis- Kolkata: Mohun Bagan struck twice in the watch the full 90 minutes tant referee adjudged second half to beat bottom-placed Shillong from the bench last weekend Rashford to have handled Lajong FC 2-0 in their I-League fixture at the AFP n TURIN third last season, are now 25 as Liverpool inflicted the final rather than control the ball Saltlake Stadium here on Sunday. Yuta points behind Juventus and blow to Mourinho's time in with his shoulder inside the Kinowaki (47th) scored a screamer from a ario Mandzukic scored drop to 10th after their eighth charge with a 3-1 win that left area. Lajong defensive lapse to break the deadlock Mthe only goal for defeat in as many trips to the United 19 points off the top Victor Camarasa's per- after the changeover. Henry Kisekka sealed the Juventus to dump further Allianz Stadium. They have after just 17 games. fectly-taken penalty could issue at the hour mark as Mohun Bagan hurt on crisis club Roma and won just twice in The French World Cup- have sparked a collapse for a secured their first home win of the season to keep the champions unbeat- the league since winner was restored from the team short on confidence in jump to top five of the table with 15 points from en and on track for an eighth the end of start for the first time in four recent times. nine matches. The Mariners now have back-to- straight Italian league title. September. league games and looked far Instead, United respond- back wins after going down to arch rivals East The Croatian World Cup more like the player United ed resoundingly with a fan- Bengal 2-3. Mohun Bagan defeated defending runner-up headed in the INTER DREW splashed a then world-record tastic team goal as a quick champions Minerva Punjab FC by a solitary winner 34 minutes into the Inter Milan £89 million ($113 million) interchange of passes between goal in their previous fixture. match in Turin to put were held 1-1 at on in 2016 than the one that Pogba and Jesse Lingard freed MAHESH, FADTE CLINCH TITLES Juventus back eight points bottom club Chievo to fall clashed with his former boss Anthony Martial to score his Mumbai: National champion Mahesh clear of Napoli. eight points behind Napoli, off the field and disappointed ninth goal of the season. Mangaonkar of Maharashtra and Yash Fadte of The defeat could have with the two clubs going on it for much of the past two Lingard took responsibil- Goa clinched the men's and under 19 boys been harsher but for Roma head-to-head in the San Siro seasons. ity from the spot just before titles respectively in the CCI Western India goalkeeper Robin Olsen on December 26. the hour mark after another denying Cristiano Ronaldo, Inter looked set for vic- ‘NOTHING LIKE' soft penalty was awarded for Squash Championship on Sunday. Top seed Mario Mandzukic celebrates after scoring against AS Roma in Italian Serie A clash at Turin on Saturday Juventus Mangaonkar got a walkover from arch-rival and with Douglas Costa having a tory when Ivan Perisic scored "The performance of the a foul by Sol Bamba on the second seed Vikram Malhotra, also from late goal ruled out following teen and we're winter cham- December 26 and 29, before Juve — who have only the opener six minutes before team was great and we are England international. Maharashtra, who did not report for the final a video assistant referee check pions," said coach pausing for three weeks. dropped points against Genoa the break, but the evergreen happy that the first game of And Lingard was the ben- showdown as due to a right hamstring injury. because of a foul in the build- Massimiliano Allegri, refer- "We haven't won any- — travel to Atalanta and host Sergio Pellissier, 39, gave his the manager starts like this," eficiary of another defence- Fadte, who had knocked out joint 3-4th seed up. ring to the name given to thing yet," added Allegri. Sampdoria in their final two side an early Christmas pre- said Pogba. "It's important splitting pass from Pogba a Rutvik Rau and top seed Tushar Shahani in the "We are doing good teams top before Christmas. "The important thing is to be matches before the end of the sent when he lobbed Inter now to carry on like that. minute from time as he previous two rounds, toppled second seed Veer things, we have reached the Serie A is however hold- a few points ahead of Napoli year. goalkeeper Samir Handanovic "We cannot play like this rounded Etheridge and slotted Chotrani of Maharashtra in five games in the Champions League last six- ing a round of fixtures on on the 29th of December." Roma, after finishing a minute into injury time. and win with five goals and into an empty net. under 19 boys final. NEROCA-MINERVA PUNJAB PLAY DRAW Ribery’s double LOCAL EVENTS Imphal: Defending champions Minerva Punjab Mbappe fires PSG past Nantes FC and Manipur's Neroca FC played out an exciting goalless draw in an I-League match at n narrows the gap the Khuman Lampak stadium here on Sunday. AFP PARIS The draw denied both the teams a chance to FRANKFURT: The evergreen improve their league standings considerably. ylian Mbappe grabbed the winner as Paris Saint- Franck Ribery scored for the The home-side dominated possession and KGermain beat Nantes 1-0 to go into the winter third time in four days as reign- created chances, even missed a penalty, but break unbeaten in Ligue 1, as Thierry Henry's ing champions Bayern Munich could not get past a solid Minerva defence. The Monaco suffered defeat by rock-bottom Guingamp moved up to second in the result meant that Neroca stayed at fourth place on Saturday. Bundesliga table on Saturday in the 12th Hero I-League standings with 15 World Cup star Mbappe stole in at the far post with a 3-0 win at Eintracht points from nine games while Minerva moved in the 67th minute for his 13th league goal of the sea- Frankfurt, leaving them six up by one spot to be sixth after 10 games with son, making him France's top scorer with Neymar points behind leaders Borussia 13 points. away on holidays in Brazil. Dortmund. PSG coach Thomas Tuchel can also go on hol- After more than a decade at INTER MILAN SUSPEND NAINGGOLAN iday relaxed with his club on 47 points, as second- Bayern, Ribery, 35, made anoth- Milan: Belgian midfielder Radja Nainggolan placed Lille, 13 points adrift, lost 2-1 at home to er strong argument for an has been suspended by Inter Milan for Toulouse. extension to his contract, which "disciplinary reasons", the club announced on "I'm very happy because we can see the progress expires in June, with a double its website on Sunday. "FC Internazionale of the team," said Tuchel. "You can feel the energy; in Frankfurt having also scored SHIVANI CUP FIDE RATED CHESS TOURNEY BEGINS Milano can confirm that Radja Nainggolan has it's a good thing to build on next year." in Wednesday's 1-0 victory Top seed Pawan Batham along with other seeded players won their open- been temporarily suspended from football With Neymar away, Angel Di Maria was in the over RB Leipzig in Munich. ing game with ease in the 1st Shivani State Fide Rated Open Chess activity for disciplinary reasons," said the line-up and came closest to making it 2-0, forcing a "The last few games have Tournament, at Shivani Public School on Sunday. Pawan defeated Astha Pandey statement. The club have given no further fine save from Nantes goalkeeper Ciprian Tatarusanu, shown what Bayern can do — while second seed Kamlesh Kumar kept aside the challenge of Athrav Mahajan. details of the reasons behind the suspension who then watched the Argentine hit the crossbar from I want to praise Franck, he did Other prominent winners on day one were Alok Gupta, Rishabh Nishad, Ujjawal but according to the Italian press, the action the rebound. exceptionally well," said coach Raj Srivastava, Mayank Pandey, Ankit Sen, Ramkrishna Mishra, Prashant Katiyar, has been sparked by the 30-year-old's habit of Meanwhile, third-placed Lyon drew 1-1 at Niko Kovac with Bayern having Sunil Kumar, Vikas Nishad, Shashi Prakash, Kuldeep Shankar, Medhansh Saxena, turning up late for training. His late arrival on fourth-placed Montpellier after opening the scoring won their last five league games, Tanishq Gupta and Sankalp Arora. 246 players are taking part in the tourna- Sunday morning was the last straw, says thanks to their captain Nabil Fekir before a great head- scoring 13 goals. Ahead of the ment. Corriere dello Sport. er from Ruben Aguilar gave the surprise-package four-week winter break, Earlier, Shivani Group of Institute founder Satyabhama Dubey inaugurated DELHI HALT WARRIORS UNBEATEN RUN southerners a share of the spoils. Rafinha scored a late third as the event by lighting the lamp. Also present were Lucknow District Chess Sports Kolkata: Henry's Monaco were dreadful and the former Monaco were champions in 2017 but now have Bayern trimmed the gap to Association president Sudhir Dubey and secretary AK Raizada. Bengal Warriors' unbeaten run in Arsenal striker spat on the ground after Nolan Roux 13 points from 18 matches, just two more than Dortmund, who beat Borussia their home leg came to an end as they lost 37- DINESH SHARMA LEAVES FOR RUSSIA 31 to Dabang Delhi. Meraj Sheykh (13 points) of Guingamp made fools of the Monaco defence to Guingamp, and vice-president Vadim Vasilyev said Moenchengladbach 2-1 on was the star for Delhi as he produced a super make it 2-0. the club needs to dip into the January transfer mar- Friday. It was also a winning International Master Dinesh Sharma on Sunday raid in the last minute to lead them to a win. "I'm not going to have a good holiday," bemoaned ket. return to Frankfurt for Kovac, left for St Petersburg in Russia to take part in the World Maninder Singh top scored for Bengal Warriors Henry. "Now you have to work and make do with "Until tonight, I thought we didn't need new play- who masterminded Eintracht's Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship scheduled from with 9 points. Both teams have already sealed a what you have. ers, but we do," Vasilyev told Canal+. shock 3-1 defeat of Munich in December 26. Five-time world champion spot in the playoffs. Dabang Delhi finished the "It's necessary to work and work. There are still "It's difficult to analyse right now as I'm upset like the German Cup final last May Vishwanatahn Anand, P Harikrishna, Vishnu league campaign with 68 points from their a lot of points to play for and that's the only positive the supporters. I understand the disappointment, it's in his last match before taking Prasanna and Nihal Sarin will also take part in the stipulated 22 matches. Agencies thing about this evening." up to us to act and draw the right conclusions." charge of the Bavarian giants. championship. LUCKNOW | MONDAY | DECEMBER 24, 2018 sport 16 ‘Battered finger Shastri demands openers should step up won't stop me AUS INCLUDE 7-YEAR- AFP n MELBOURNE ce spinner Ravichandran from playing’ OLD ARCHIE IN SQUAD Ashwin remains an injury MELBOURNE: In a heart-warming Adoubt for the third Test PTI n MELBOURNE gesture ahead of Christmas, Australia against Australia, India coach have added seven-year-old cricket-crazy Ravi Shastri said on Sunday as njured Australia opener Aaron Finch says Archie Schiller in their extended 15- he demanded his opening bats- Ithe only way he can miss out on the home member squad ahead of the Boxing Day men step up to ease pressure on Boxing Day Test against India is, if someone Test against India at the Melbourne Virat Kohli. were to "cut off" his finger. Cricket Ground. Ashwin was sidelined with Finch was batting on 25 in Australia's sec- Archie, who suffers from a heart ailment, an abdominal strain for the sec- ond innings during the second Test in Perth dreams of captaining Australia and it has ond Test in Perth and was sore- when he was hit on his right index finger by been confirmed he would co-captain Tim ly missed as Australia, led by off- a Mohammed Shami delivery. The impact of Paine in the third Test against India, spinner Nathan Lyon, won by the hit was so serious that bones were liter- starting December 26. 146 runs to level the series 1-1. ally visible in his finger from a deep cut. The move was made possible by the Need to develop world class Incidentally, it was the same finger which Make-A-Wish Australia Foundation. drag-flickers: Tirkey"As far as he had broken earlier and the Australian ODI According to cricket.Com.Au, the Ashwin is concerned, we are and T20 captain said the impact was so severe announcement was made on Sunday at going to take a look and evalu- that he felt "it was going to explode". the BUPA Family Day at Yarra Park. ate over the next 48 hours," "It was a bit of a shock, just the initial pain It turned out to be a memorable seventh Shastri said. was the thing that got me. It felt like it was birthday on Saturday for Archie, a leg- Left-arm off-spinning all- going to explode, which was quite funny. I spinner from Adelaide, as Paine delivered rounder Ravindra Jadeja is also think just being hit a few times in carrying a niggle, but experi- the last month, a couple times enced batsman Rohit Sharma, by Starcy (Mitchell Starc) at who also missed Perth after upon, but Shastri said he didn't training then Shami out in hurting his lower back, is fit have a problem with his skipper. the game, but it's also an old again. "What's wrong with his break. "He has made a very good behaviour? As far as we are con- "I broke the same improvement but then again cerned, he is an absolute gen- finger in Sri Lanka we have got to see how he pulls tleman," he said. a couple of years the news on the same day. up tomorrow. But he looks good Shastri also denied India's ago, so I've got Archie's inclusion in an extended as of today," said Shastri. morale had taken a hit by losing to start either Australian Test squad was made public India go into the Melbourne in Perth after their tense victo- catching them earlier this month and he learned the showdown with Kohli and num- Mitchell Starc celebrates after dismissing KL Rahul during India’s second innings of Perth Test cricket.com.au ry in Adelaide -- their first Test or use my bat news via a phone call from coach Justin ber three Cheteshwar Pujara is win on Australian soil in a instead of my Langer. fine form, effectively carrying order. INDIA GO INTO THE MELBOURNE decade. gloves. It was up The young leg-spinner also practised their team during the Adelaide "They've got the experience, "Absolutely not. 1-1 there (as the with the Australian team during a training and Perth games. they've got the exposure over SHOWDOWN WITH KOHLI AND NUMBER in a series in Australia and most painful). I session at the Adelaide Oval earlier this But the opening pair of KL these last few years to get out THREE CHETESHWAR PUJARA IS FINE we know we had our think snapping month. Rahul and Murali Vijay have there and deliver. It's about how FORM, EFFECTIVELY CARRYING THEIR chances in Perth as well. They're my hamstring Paine said the decision to make Archie struggled for runs and Shastri strong you are in the mind." ready," he said. tendon (in April the co-captain was their way of fulfilling said that needed to change. There is no guarantee that TEAM DURING THE ADELAIDE "It's not often that we've 2015) was proba- his long-cherished dream. "It's a big concern," he said Rahul and Vijay will retain their AND PERTH GAMES been in a position where we've bly the most over "When his dad asked him what he wanted when asked about the failure of places with in-form Mayank won one (on an overseas tour). the last few years," to do, he said 'I want to captain the openers to get a big score. Agarwal called up to the squad Superstar captain Kohli ed exchanges with Australian It's 1-1. The boys know what he said. Australia'. I think it's been picked up along the way and we're rapt to have "It's obvious and that as a replacement for injured scored a battling century in counterpart Tim Paine. they can do, what they're capa- But Finch is someone like that around. He adds a bit responsibility and accountabil- young opener Prithvi Shaw, who Perth but he came under criti- His animated wicket cele- ble of and the potential that lies adamant to play in of perspective I think.” PTI ity has to be taken by the top has been ruled out of the series. cism for his sledging and heat- brations were also frowned ahead." the Boxing Day Test after being cleared by Australia's medical team. "With a Boxing Priyam slams double Don't get fooled by grass on MCG: Harris Day Test, being from Victoria (state), it's PTI n MELBOURNE no expectations on myself and the realising things will take a while to going to have to be ton as UP take control wicket actually played pretty well," evolve. Not sure the wicket will cut off (not to play)," ustralia opener Marcus Harris Harris told ESPNcricinfo. break up too much, but we'll just Finch said. Ahas warned against getting car- "It was relatively slow and have to wait and see. "It's going to be a ried away by the grass on the stayed together." "Fortunately we've probably catch and bat today and MCG pitch, saying the track does "I saw this morning the wick- got the best bowling attack in the reassess, but it feels offer runs to those who show et will probably be more similar to world so that looks after itself a lit- like it's improved 100 patience. the South Australia game, where it tle bit, but I think as batters a per cent over the last Harris cited example of a had a bit more green grass on it, patience game will be the key and couple of days. Sheffield Shield match between nipped around a bit but it was one run rates won't be as quick as what "I got sent some new bats, so I've been Victoria and New South Wales on of those wickets where if you play you'd like, but that's the way it will walking around the lounge room and waving the same pitch, where he thought well you can make runs but if you be." them around. It feels okay," he added. the match would be over in "a day bowl well you can take wickets." MCG curator Matt Page also Desperate for a big score to cement his and a half" but ended up raising an Harris suggested patience is the said that the track will offer some- place in the top-order of the Australian bat- unbeaten 250. virtue to have on the pitch for the thing to everyone. "We want to pro- ting department, Finch said he would continue "Pre-match when I saw the Boxing day Test, starting vide an opportunity for everyone. to review his finger over the next 48 hours wicket I was really freaked out and Wednesday. Whether it's the spinners, it's the even though he is sure of his participation in I thought 'this game's going to be "I think it'll be the same old pace bowlers, or the batters. the match. over in a day and a half and we've thing of patience, the MCG is Providing them opportunities to be "But at this stage, it's still business as usual got blokes trying to vie for Test never a really quick scoring ground able to produce their world-class and I plan to field at slip and do whatever else spots', so I went into the game with anyway, so that'll be the key, just Marcus Harris comes to bat on debut ICC [skills] throughout a game." is needed," said the 32-year-old.

Priyam Garg LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh for five wickets at close, still adrift Brathwaite rails at Bangladesh umpires reduced Tripura to 33/4 after pil- of the home teams total by 181 runs ing up 552/7 declared in their Elite after weathering an early collapse Group C Ranji Trophy match that saw them slumping to 37 for AFP n DHAKA delivery had been legal, and match referee that every 50-50 deci- here on Sunday. three. Brathwaite and his teammates were sion in the ODI series and T20 series Choosing to bat at the Bharat At stumps, Prerak Mankad (56 est Indies Twenty20 skipper furious after seeing the big screen up to that point went against us." Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 106 balls) was at the crease after WCarlos Brathwaite blasted the images in the Dhaka stadium. In the second match, the same Ekna Cricket Stadium, Uttar putting on a stand of107 runs for match umpires for giving "50-50 Brathwaite asked for a review Bangladeshi umpire called Pradesh rode on a double centu- the fifth wicket with Jackson who decisions" to Bangladesh even and ran to the boundary for talks Brathwaite for a wide when ry by middle order batsman was dismissed by Minad Manjrekar though his side won the third with match referee Jeff Crowe, halt- Bangladesh skipper Shakib al Hasan Priyam Garg (206). with the penultimate ball of the Twenty20 international to wrap up ing the game for around 10 minutes. clearly edged the ball and wicket- Garg hammered a listless 65thover. the series. The match officials had to keeper Shai Hope took a catch. Tripura attack all over the park as West Indies, who won Saturday's uphold the decision despite a clear Shakib, who was then on 20, he stuck 23 boundaries and one six DELHI IN COMMAND match by 50 runs, were victims of an mistake as the rules do not allow a went on to score 42 off 26 balls, guid- in his 371-ball knock, which NEW DELHI: Anuj Rawat hit a erroneous no-ball call that could not review against an on-field no-ball ing Bangladesh to 211-5 before his helped the hosts pile up a mam- brilliant counter-attacking hun- be overturned by review and call. 5-21 completed a series-levelling moth first innings total. dred to nullify Avesh Khan's six- Braithwaite was critical of the umpir- West Indies, who made 190, win. Uttar Pradesh skipper Aksh wicket haul as Delhi looked set for ing throughout the tour though he were charged up after the incident In the decisive third and final Deep Nath (106) and Rinku Singh an outright win against Madhya insisted he was not alleging "cheat- and bowled out Bangladesh for 140 one-day international, the umpires (149) also struck hundreds as the Pradesh in a group league ing". in 17 overs with medium-pacer Windies players celebrate after winning final T20 in Dhaka on Saturday ICC ruled West Indies captain Rovman hosts dominated the second day of encounter here on Sunday. In the fourth over of the Keemo Paul picking up 5-15. Powell out when it should have been the four-day match. Wicket-keeper batsman Anuj Bangladesh innings, Bangladesh "The rule is that if a no-ball is Brathwaite went to the match Those decisions went for a no-ball as Bangladesh illegally had Nath stuck 12 fours and scored 134 off 183 balls as Delhi umpire Tanvir Ahmed called a no- called it cannot be reviewed or referee after Thursday's 36-run defeat Bangladesh," he said. six fielders on the leg side. two sixes, while Rinku scored 261 in their first ball against West Indies paceman reversed. But if it isn't called, it can in the second match as he felt close "I never ever want to accuse Brathwaite, who did not play the Singh hit 17 boundaries innings in reply to MP's Oshane Thomas when batsman be reversed checking the video. decisions throughout the series went someone of cheating. I will stop short game, went on the field with drinks and 1 six as Tripura modest 132. Liton Das spooned a catch to "Everyone saw that it was not a against his side. of that. They are professionals as well. after the Powell dismissal and bowlers were hit all A first innings lead of Shimron Hetmyer at mid-off. no-ball," Brathwaite said after the "I didn't think the 50/50 deci- "I didn't accuse them of cheat- became involved in an argument round the park. 129 may well ensure full A television replay showed the game. sions were going in our favour. ing but I made my point clear to the with the umpires. Upendra Yadav (25) points for the home team. and Saurabh Kumar (27) The day belonged to left- also chipped in with valuable handed Anuj, who played by far scores as the hosts declared at the most impressive innings of his 552/7 in 149 overs. For the visitors, nascent career so far.Delhi were Saurabh Das (4-164) was the pick reduced to 36 for 5, courtesy Need to develop world class drag-flickers: Tirkey of the bowlers. But in their first Avesh (6/51), who worked up innings, Tripura had a disastrous brisk pace to unsettle the likes of PTI n KOLKATA Trophy). It was an impressive start with their openers BB Ghosh Kunal Chandela (0), Dhruv Shorey show (at the World Cup). (7) and JR Banik (9) falling cheap- (0), Nitish Rana (0) and Hiten ormer captain Dilip Tirkey "All the foreign coaches ly. From 2-16, they were struggling Dalal (0). Coached by Rajkumar Fon Sunday said India have their contribution for the at 4-33 as another two wickets fell Sharma (Virat Kohli's coach), missed a golden chance to Indian team but as of now, in quick succession. Tripura have young Rawat showed admirable rewrite history in the just- Harendra Singh is the best a mountain to climb as they are temperament and proper game concluded Hockey World Cup coach for the Indian team. We still 519 runs and Uttar Pradesh sense as he first consolidated with and stressed on the need to need to work on this Indian will eye an innings victory. Lalit Yadav (25) in a 60-run sixth develop world class drag-flick- team," he said hailing the 2016 BRIEF SCORES: wicket stand. Once Lalit was dis- ers. Junior World Cup winning Uttar Pradesh 552/7 Declared missed, Rawat found an able ally In the absence of Rupinder coach. (Priyam Garg 206, Rinku Singh in Shivam Sharma (39), adding Pal Singh, India had three "The coach has done well. 149, Aksh Deep Nath 106, Saurabh 118 runs for the seventh wicket. dragflickers in young Definitely there has been a Das 4-164) versus Tripura 33/4 Once Delhi got the lead, Harmanpreet, Amit Rohidas development in the standards (Pratyush Singh 10, Ankit Rajpoot Rawat batted more freely hitting and Varun Kumar but their of coaching." 2-20). on both sides of the wicket. conversion rate was poor, Tirkey further lavished He repeatedly reverse-swept recording just 30.7 per cent. praise on the Naveen Patnaik- SAURASHTRA RESTRICT leg-spinner Mihir Hirwani off India failed to convert pay focus on them. We have to Tirkey said the youngsters bad luck that we could not live league stages," he said referring led Odisha government for MUMBAI: Table toppers Saurashtra the rough and for good measure three of the five penalty corners have a 60-70 per cent conver- failed to live up to the expec- up to the expectations in the to their 2-2 draw against the hosting a successful World and former champions Mumbai hooked Kuldeep Sen for a six. He they got in their 5-0 mauling of sion rates in important match- tations against the Netherlands quarter-final. Overall it was a champions. Cup. "It was a grand success. were involved in a keen tussle for also hit a couple of sixes off left- South Africa in their World es," Tirkey said. as they missed a golden chance good show. I feel we missed the He further said India coach Stars of every field be it in sport the first innings lead on day two of arm spinner Kartikeya Singh. Cup opener in Bhubaneswar Having topped their pool to win the World Cup. World Cup," he said. Harendra Singh is doing a fine or glamour world were their Elite Group A match at the Another former U-19 player, last month. featuring eventual champions "I feel our youngsters could "After a long time, we saw job. involved in making of the Wankhede Stadium. who hogged limelight during the "We need to have world Belgium, the hosts made a not play as per their stan- development in Indian hockey "Harendra Singh is doing tournament. It's time that Saurashtra bowled out Mumbai first half was Avesh, who is hav- class flickers. We presently quarterfinal exit, going down to dards. Otherwise team's per- team. With a lot of talented extremely well with team. We everyone including the corpo- for 394 in the first innings in the ing a dream Ranji season so far have Harmanpreet, Amit the Netherlands 1-2 in the formance was very good. There youngsters, we looked fit. We lost to Australia in the shoot- rate sector to come forward and morning and then replied with 213 with close to 35 wickets. Rohidas and Varun. We have to World Cup. was some good tackling. It's drew with Belgium in the out (in the Champions support hockey," he concluded.